belly fat

Nobody likes belly fat. It's probably the biggest reason people keep eating right and exercising.

Comedian Kevin James has a great line about it: "I just want to lose enough weight so my stomach doesn't jiggle when I brush my teeth."

It's the truth! And keeping that belly away could be as easy as eating more fiber.

Spare tire, gut, muffin top, love handles, or chub, no matter what you call it. Nobody wants belly fat, it's everybody's nemesis.

And the woes of a tummy aren't limited to keeping your favorite designer jeans in the closet.

Abdominal fat can sack your health, leading to things like heart disease and diabetes, and now you can add asthma to the list too.

I'm sure most of us already know that a big waist = bad, but this study caught my eye due to;

a) The sheer size of it (300,000 + participants) and b) That these findings were independent of body mass index (BMI). Here are some more details of the study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine.