Your belly fat (around your organs) is better at pulling fat from your blood than the fat under your skin, which is why belly fat tends to grow more easily — and this happens in both men and women.

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Characterization of regional and gender differences in glucocorticoid receptors and lipoprotein lipase activity in human adipose tissue.

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1994 Jun

The study found that fat around the organs (omental) has 2 to 4 times more of the enzyme that pulls fat from the blood than fat under the skin (subcutaneous), in both men and women — which is exactly what the claim says.

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Characterization of regional and gender differences in glucocorticoid receptors and lipoprotein lipase activity in human adipose tissue.

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DOI: 10.1210/JCEM.78.6.8200937

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