The research behind the skinny fat phenotype: who has it, why training alone does not move it, and what it costs.
Fat is sticking. Exercise doesn't land like it used to. You're stressed and anxious over things that never used to touch you.
There is a name for what's happening, and a body of research behind it. Most women who have it have never been told it exists.
For an estimated 15 million Americans, there is a genetic predisposition to store energy as fat rather than as glycogen, even when they are resistance training.
Evidence: PMC4392920higher mortality risk for women, versus normal weight women without central obesity.
higher than women classified as overweight or obese.
the same pattern in men, versus normal weight men without central obesity and versus overweight or obese men.