This is the study often used to make that claim: www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Yet, DEXA (bone density gold standard) is not an accurate measure of body composition. There are no studies that knew the specific (MRI) amount of muscle tissue each person had before & after weight loss. It is ASSUMED.
Scientific Skinny Fat MRI Study – Proving What Skinny Fat Is
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Many of us wish we were a little leaner, but like, skinny fat used to mean something specific (average presenting weight with a higher than healthy ratio of body fat to lean mass) and now it’s being used to mean literally anyone with an ounce of body fat or who isn’t fitness model level jacked
Skinny fat science has evolved since the initial 2016 NIH definition and is so much more than just normal weight obesity
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We talk about skinny fat regularly, including the latest science and our MRI Study. Link is in bio.
Poor diet/exercise can cause muscle tissue loss but lost muscle tissue does not magically turn into any kind of fat/skinny fat, or vice versa. Not how human tissue works.
If your experiencing skinny fat, you have since birth. Poor diet causes muscle loss making any existing skinny fat worse.
Well, technically a "normal" belly is a muscular belly. Review any scientifically approved resource like Britannica www.britannica.com/science/huma... & you will see the attached image w/ all 600+ muscles developed. That is a "normal" standard human body according to mainstream science/medicine.
Same thing. White fat "becomes" yellow fat when unprocessed (metabolized) yellow carotene from vegetables and grains migrates to and settles in white fat cells, tinting them yellow.
If you really are experiencing skinny fat, it is genetic and exists where genetic default muscle tissue should be, but is not.
How do you know you are experiencing skinny fat, by what scientific measure?
Skinny fat is genetic and exists where genetic default muscle tissue should be, but is not.
Adding muscle mass is the best way to reduce it, but it is not permanent.
Most people have no idea what skinny fat is...the latest science is at the link in bio.
Happy to answer any questions.
crazy thing is I see people saying “you dw be skinny fat” “you dw have no muscle” but my reg ass body type is not toned or muscular nor do I want it to be. I’m happy with my spaghetti noodle-like arms. I started this journey “skinny fat. I’m just diminishing my belly & getting lean…dw be sculpted.
Hey, how's it going?
I tried looking up some work out stuff this morning to see what I was doing wrong. And man I was fully assaulted with body shaming and shit about how I'm skinny fat. Evil stuff!
Most people have no idea what skinny fat is.
Skinny fat is genetic and exists where genetic default muscle tissue should be, but is not. The latest science is at the link in bio.
Happy to answer any questions.
Here are 40 resistance exercises that help reduce skinny fat.
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Here are 40 resistance exercises that help reduce skinny fat
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Resistance Training for Skinny Fat – Weight Lifting, 40 Optimal Exercises (with Images)
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No. You can add muscle mass and lose regular white/yellow fat to reduce skinny fat.
Skinny fat is genetic and exists where genetic default muscle tissue should be, but is not.
Skinny fat is so much more than just normal weight obesity/TOFI.
Skinny fat is genetic and exists where genetic default muscle tissue should be, but is not.
Our skinny fat science is leading the way...link is in bio.
See this person's lower back & love handles-no visceral/belly fat, no excess body fat (white/yellow fat) at safe BMI 22.7 & no low muscle (all supposed signs of skinny fat). Yet obvious “weird fat”.
No process exists in the body that would cause muscle to turn into fat
That "weird fat" is skinny fat
Sounds like you might be experiencing skinny fat?
See how genetically blessed Christian Bale lost a lot of weight including obvious muscle tissue, yet clear muscle definition including 6-pack abs, while emaciated, & no skinny fat. Genetics.
Skinny fat is unique genetic tissue that exists where genetic default muscle tissue should be but is not.
The same is true for all human beings. But here you go - here is a female.
Lost muscle tissue does not turn into fat tissue. At BMI 22.7 both these men's love handles and lower back should look identical, they do not.
What do you think causes the skinny fat?
See the skinny fat on this pro trainer's love handles & lower back...no visceral/belly fat, no excess body fat, no low muscle mass (all supposed signs of skinny fat). Yet, obvious skinny fat on the love handles & lower back.
Skinny fat is unique genetic tissue.
Adding muscle mass will help.
What good is evidence when no one cares?
For instance, skinny fat is a young science. Yet, ask anyone what it is & they will tell you emphatically it's due to poor diet & lifestyle & is visceral/belly fat, excess body fat, & low muscle. Genetics is an excuse.
Show them contrary evidence. Crickets.
How many calories per day?
Let me guess, you are starving your body?
According to Google, medical professionals, et al - skinny fat is defined as having visceral/belly fat, too much body fat (white/yellow fat/adipose tissue), & low muscle mass, all of which are caused by poor diet & exercise.
What are your thoughts on this pro trainer's love handles & lower back?