Abdominal Fat

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Getting Rid of Deep Abdominal Fat

The fat that contributes to diabetes, high cholesterol and heart disease accumulates around abdominal organs at a pretty fast rate but can be reduced via regular exercise. A study of overweight sedentary adults published in the October 2005 issue of the Journal of Applied Physiology showed that brisk walking can help you hold the line on the accumulation of deep abdominal fat as long as the total time you spend walking adds up to at least three hours per week. The study also showed that for reduction of deep abdominal fat, three hours of brisk walking worked as well as two hours of more vigorous exercise. Study participants who performed various types of exercise gained no additional abdominal fat, but participants who didn’t exercise at all registered a nine percent gain in abdominal fat over six months, reported researchers at Duke University Medical Center in North Carolina. Those in the study who got the most exercise – the equivalent of jogging 20 miles per week – lost both deep abdominal fat and more visible layers of fat.

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9672891/