Research proves that a woman's pear shaped body lives longer than an apple shaped body

According to the British "Daily Mail" report, data shows that women with bee waists and fat hips and pear shapes live longer than those with apple shapes.

Former government consultant Margaret Aswell led the survey, and data showed that a 30-year-old woman with a perfect pear shape would live nine and a half years longer than a woman with a fat waist.

Aswell said that the real health killer is the fat and fat around the waist. Although it may not be visible on the surface, in fact they wrap around organs, stimulate hormone secretion, increase blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar levels, increasing the risk of heart disease, diabetes, stroke and other diseases.

Doctors usually use body mass index to evaluate whether a person's figure is standard. However, this indicator does not distinguish between muscle and fat. In contrast, the "waistline height ratio" is more scientific. Aswell said that the ratio of waist circumference to height should be controlled within 1:2. If it exceeds this ratio, the figure will be apple-shaped.

Aswell added that women with apple shapes may be hit by such results, but waist fat is actually the first part that can be lost when dieting.

Can hip fat "anti-inflammatory"?

In recent years, Hollywood actresses with an hourglass figure seem to have been particularly lucky, such as Jennifer Lopez and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Their convex figures have not only become a topic after dinner, but also become one of the assets for their prosperity. Now science has proven that these curvy women may be healthier and even live longer than their thin colleagues, which not only makes people wonder: "Why?"

The Institute of Preventive Medicine found that hip fat contains a natural anti-inflammatory drug called adiponectin, which prevents arterial blood vessels from becoming clogged due to hardening. Adiponectin can affect the body's ability to process carbohydrates and fats. Studies have pointed out that the higher the level of adiponectin, the better it can prevent the occurrence of obesity, type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease.

These Danish medical experts studied nearly 3000 men and women aged 35 to 65 from 1987 to 1988, recorded their weight and body condition, and began to track their health to see how many of them developed cardiovascular diseases. The project finally lasted until 2001, recording how many of them died.

Be more careful about the "apple-shaped" figure

Compared with women with more hip fat, if you are more likely to accumulate fat on your abdomen, that is, women with an "apple" figure, you may be more careful than women with small hips but flat abdomen. The reason is that most of the fat accumulated in the buttocks and thighs is subcutaneous fat, which is less harmful than the visceral fat accumulated in the abdomen.

"Visceral fat reduces insulin sensitivity (making people more susceptible to diabetes), increases trianhydride oil (fat) content, and reduces high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol content, thereby increasing the risk of inflammation and blood pressure." Dr. Maria Savard, a women's health expert, points out in her book "Apples and Pears: Body Size Solutions for Weight Loss and Health" that "these will always increase the risk of heart disease."

However, women with an "apple-shaped" figure should not be too discouraged. After all, hoarding too much subcutaneous fat is not without negative effects on health. Studies have shown that women with a pear shape are more likely to suffer from diseases such as osteoporosis and varicose veins. Therefore, to be healthy without any burden, attention should be paid to both waist and hip circumference.

How to judge whether you have a "pear" shape or an "apple" shape?

Divide the waist circumference (if there is a clear waist, measure the narrowest part of the waist; if not, measure the widest part of the waist) by the hip circumference (measure the widest part of the buttocks, not the hip bone), and if the figure is higher than 0.8, it is an "apple" shape, and if it is lower than 0.8, it is a pear shape. A study conducted by the American Nurses Health Research Organization of more than 120,000 female nurses over the past 25 years found that the "waist-hip circumference" measure is more effective than the "weight-height" measure (that is, weight divided by the square of height). Predicting the chance of a heart attack.