Penny Love Hoff: Flatten Your Belly!

Belly fat comes in two different forms. One is slightly annoying and fairly harmless. It is the layer of fat directly under the skin called subcutaneous fat. Think of it as a layer of fat between the surface of the skin and on top of your abdominal organs.

The villainous other type of fat is called visceral abdominal fat, or VAT for short. It's associated with cancer and heart disease and a slew of other miserable age-related diseases. This layer of fat is beneath the organs and is what gives one that very rotund look of a potbelly. People with VAT can be more prone to disease because of the more serious nature of problems associated with visceral fat.

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