Big butts are now making a comeback - study shows big bottoms and thighs can be healthy

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010 /01/obesity-study-shows-fat-bottoms-and-thighs-can-be-health y/1

Hallelujah! , that explains why I suffered NO health issues or any diabetes being overweight. I guess Beyonce is the poster girl for big bottom girls
 
Enjoy reading!

 

Obesity study shows big bottoms and thighs can be healthy

  Beyonce Knowles performs in Budapest, Hungary, in 2009 CAPTION By Imre Foeldi, AP

Extra padding in the hips, buttocks and thighs is healthy and protects against heart and metabolic problems, according to British researchers.

 

A study published in this month's International Journal of Obesity says fat in the hips mops up harmful fatty acids and contains an anti-inflammatory agent that stops arteries from clogging, according to the report.

A big backside is better than extra fat around the waistline, and that too little in the hip can lead to serious metabolic problems, the BBC reports. 

For example, the report says, waist fat breaks down quicker than fat in the thighs and backside, and that can trigger inflammation in the body.

Click here to read an abstract of the article.

 "It is shape that matters and where the fat gathers," says Dr. Konstantinos Manolopoulos, of Oxford University, the lead researcher,  the BBC reports. "Fat around the hips and thighs is good for you but around the tummy is bad."

Or as Britain's non-scientific tabloid  Daily Star puts it: "Beyonce will live to a ripe old age."

 

 

...most brotha's already knew this.  it didn't take a study. 

They say men are naturally attracted to women with big butts; they say it's a sign of fertility and health in women who are pear shaped with smaller waistlines and larger butts/hips and thighs they say it is a sign that a women is fertile and can can carry a healthy baby to term and this is what subconsciously attracts men to women with heavy bottoms...but yea you are right brothas have been on to to sumthin for years

This study is only confirming things my family has been telling me for years.  Got to love a big butt and smile

Licia,

Every man in my family would worship you! You look great and I know you are feeling good too.

@Extra padding in the hips, buttocks and thighs is healthy and protects against heart and metabolic problems, according to British researchers.

What if you have a hunk of fat that just sits on your flat ass... does that count for anything???

Great post.............for me, i'm encouraged and feel better about my newly discovered curves.

Belly fat is linked to heart disease.  Most men gain weight around the belly which is why men are thought to have more heart attacks than woman (which is not true).  Body shape factors into our overall health in many ways, but so does culture, lifestyle and genetics. Many woman carry weight around the hips and thighs, but there are many that don't as well.  Asian woman are often less curvaceous but have fewer heart issues when they live in their country of origin.  When they come here, adopt our lifestyle and eat the way we do, those numbers change drastically. 

As for me, I gain it everywhere, butt, hips, thighs, face, arms, ....and my belly... (sniffle, sniffle)

Its the viceral fat (mid section) that surrounds your organs and does you in.  I must agree with Mr Birdman.  Many Black folks have always known our big butts are a good thing. 

I like big butts and I cannot lie...you otha brothas can't deny...cause when a girl walks by with an itty bitty waist and a round thang in yo face you get SPRUNGGGGGG!

If I loose my but I swear, I'll get a butt implant. I could care less about deflated breasts, I never had a nice rack anyway (hehe).

Thanks for the post; love it!