These Lifestyle Tips Can Change The Way Your Body Holds On To Fat

by Gretchen Lidicker, M.S.

A recent study taught us something interesting about body fat and heart disease.

This got many of us thinking: How do we encourage healthier body fat distribution? Is that even possible? We asked Nour Zibdeh, M.S., RDN, a functional and integrative dietitian and nutritionist, and Robert Graham, M.D., MPH—a Harvard-trained physician and integrative medicine specialist—to weigh in. Here's what they had to say about fat distribution and what we can do to promote the healthy kind.

Carly Brand