How To Lose Belly Fat, According to Science

Reviewed by Helen Kollias, PhD

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Before we tell you how to lose belly fat, we’d like to say this:

There’s nothing wrong with belly fat.

In fact, in many cultures, it’s desirable to have some extra squish.

Certainly, at various points in history, luscious roundness was the look. (Google “Renoir’s bathers” or “Rubens’ nudes.”)

And yet, in modern popular culture—despite some progress celebrating more diverse body shapes—we still overwhelmingly glorify the six-pack and the itty-hourglass waist.

(Not that there’s anything wrong with those shapes…