Scientists Just Discovered What Really Causes Belly Fat

The Answer That Keeps Changing

For decades, the conventional wisdom on belly fat was admirably simple: eat less, move more, and the fat will go. Then we learned about the role of sugar. Then refined carbohydrates. Then cortisol and stress hormones.




Then sleep. Each new discovery added a layer of complexity to a picture that most people wish were simpler. The most recent research adds several more layers — and some of them are genuinely surprising.