In people who are not obese, fat cells around the abdomen break down fat more strongly in response to noradrenaline than fat cells in the buttocks, and this difference is larger in women than in men.

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Mechanisms underlying regional differences in lipolysis in human adipose tissue.

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Human & In Vitro

1989 Aug

This study found that belly fat breaks down fat much more easily than butt fat when exposed to a stress hormone, and this happens even more in women than in men — exactly what the claim says.

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Mechanisms underlying regional differences in lipolysis in human adipose tissue.

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DOI: 10.1172/JCI114187

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In women without obesity, fat cells around the abdomen are less responsive to signals that normally stop fat breakdown, compared to fat cells in the hips and thighs. This difference in signal sensitivity helps explain why abdominal fat breaks down more easily in women than in men, even though the number of receptors involved is the same.

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In nonobese adults, fat cells in the abdomen have more beta-adrenoceptors than fat cells in the buttocks, and this correlates with a much stronger fat-breaking response to noradrenaline in abdominal fat cells.

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