Study: Exercise Helps Reduce Fat Accumulation Around the Heart

Regular physical activity can also keep your metabolism revved up to help keep more fat from being stored throughout the body.

Published: August 20, 2013

If you exercise regularly, youve probably seen how daily activity can help shrink your waistline or at least keep it from expanding. But a recent study of people with type 2 diabetes found that consistent exercise also helps erase the fat you cant see-the dangerous visceral fat that builds up around the bodys vital organs.