The biggest factor controlling where your body stores fat (and what you can do about it) - BBC Science Focus Magazine
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One of the biggest factors that determines where fat is stored in your body is your sex. Men tend to store fat around their abdomen, whereas women are more likely to store it on their thighs, bums and hips.
“From the point of view of childbirth and child-rearing, having energy reserves in these areas is very useful because of the energy cost of pregnancy and the lactation that follows,” says Dr Adam Collins, associate professor of nutrition at the University of Surrey. “Hormonal differences influence our ability to store fat,” he says.
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