The Claim

In postmenopausal women with overweight or obesity, concurrent training is associated with a significant reduction in visceral adipose tissue but not with a reduction in subcutaneous adipose tissue, indicating a differential effect on adipose tissue depots that may reflect sex- and hormone-specific physiological responses.

Source: Effects of concurrent training on fat mass and its distribution in individuals with overweight or obesity: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and exploratory regression analysis

What the research says

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Supports
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Challenges
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Correlation
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In plain English

In postmenopausal women with overweight or obesity, combining strength and aerobic exercise reduces fat around internal organs but does not reduce fat under the skin.

See the scientific wording

In postmenopausal women with overweight or obesity, concurrent training is associated with a significant reduction in visceral adipose tissue but not subcutaneous adipose tissue, suggesting a sex- and hormone-specific response to exercise.

Why this might work

When a woman who has gone through menopause and carries extra weight does both cardio and strength training, her body releases more stress hormones that break down fat in the belly area. Her muscles grow bigger from strength training, which makes her body burn more calories all day. The belly fat is more sensitive to these signals and gets broken down faster than fat under the skin. At the same time, her body changes how it handles hormones, making the belly fat even more responsive to fat-burning signals.

Supported mechanismbased on 1 study

What the research says

1 study

  1. Study: Effects of concurrent training on fat mass and its distribution in individuals with overweight or obesity: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and exploratory regression analysis

    This study found that when overweight or obese women do both cardio and strength training, they lose more belly fat than fat under the skin — about twice as much. This supports the idea that this kind of exercise is especially good at targeting dangerous belly fat.

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