Not only do love handles impede your chances of picking up a date, but those rolls of fat can also impact your ability to breathe, according to a new study in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
Defining love handles as a waist circumference of greater than 40 inches for men and 35 inches for women, researchers analyzed more than 100,000 men and women, and concluded that the more fat people carried around their waists, the worse their lungs functioned.
The reason is pretty simple: Those rolls of fat can restrict your diaphragm and chest wall. What’s more, the study's authors note, the fatty tissue may increase inflammatory processes in the body that can lead to respiratory problems.
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