Belly fat is appealing when you are a chubby kid with big cheeks and a huge smile. When you’re grown up, you’d expect the belly fat to melt away with the baby fat. Some people are lucky and seem to have it all cut out for them, their bellies are effortlessly flat regardless of how much food they eat. Other people are not so lucky and are faced with the problem of trying to reduce belly fat.

What is belly fat?
Belly fat is also known as visceral fat and is the layer of fat below the subcutaneous fatty layer of the skin. It surrounds the body’s organs especially the organs found around the belly and waist area. That is, the kidneys, the liver, the spleen, and all of the others. This is not a biology class. Belly fat is not only found in fat people, but it is also found in thin people, so disabuse your mind of the notion that thin people do not have belly fat. Belly fat or visceral fat can put an individual at risk for type 2 diabetes, fatty liver disease, heart disease, and a host of other disease conditions.

Where Does It Come From?
Visceral fat builds up in response to the diet. And it builds up very quickly. How do you know your body is accumulating visceral fat?
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