WHY DO FAT DEPOSITS FORM?

Fat grows with us. As a result, we more or less reach our definitive size during adolescence, so our fat cells grow and increase in number from birth, during infancy up until adolescence. Then, they stop, i.e their number is established genetically and once we reach the “full quota”, no others are added.

You may ask yourself then what those unsightly fat deposits are, which were not there before, and how they form. This is where the question of size comes into play. The number of cells which make up the fat does not increase, but rather in size. Their task, since the dawn of time, has been to accumulate fat to guarantee a store of nutrition for times when food is scarce. A highly efficient system in the evolutionary path of our species.

Nowadays, however, conditions have changed drastically and we have the opposite problem: we accumulate more calories than we can use. The fat cells accumulate fat and they increase in volume.

This explains why localised fat deposits appear in specific places and differ for men and women. They give men a so-called apple shape, with concentrations of fat distributed between the face, neck, shoulders and above all, on the upper abdomen. While women assume the noted pear shape which involves the hips, buttocks, thighs and the upper abdomen.

It is not easy to combat localised fat deposits, but a combination of targeted treatments, balanced diet, regular exercise and a healthy lifestyle can lead to unexpected results.