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When people lose fat, the body tends to reduce fat more from areas that originally had more fat, like the torso in men and hips in women, and this pattern is influenced by hormones and genes, not by doing exercises that target specific body parts.
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Spot reduction: why exercise probably can’t help you target fatty areas of the body
Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis
Your body decides where to lose fat based on your genes and hormones, not by doing lots of crunches or leg lifts. If you tend to store more fat in your belly or hips, that’s usually where you’ll lose it first when you lose weight overall.
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