Health and Fitness
Melt Belly Bulge By Eating Chocolate
Now this is the kind of food news we’re really sweet on: A new study found that eating chocolate is associated with lower levels of abdominal fat. This held true even when researchers considered other factors that could have influenced study participants’ fat levels and location, such as how often they worked out and how healthy their diets were overall.
Researchers writing in the journal Nutrition studied 1,458 adolescents up to age 17. Participants reported what they ate during two nonconsecutive days, and afterward, their weight, height, BMI, waist circumference, and skin fat levels were measured. The conclusion: Higher chocolate consumption was linked to lower levels of belly bulge.