Belly fat is a more colloquial name for what is really abdominal obesity or in a more clinical sense central obesity. When your body accumulates a certain amount of belly fat the resulting effect is seen in a swelling waist size and consequently the need to buy larger-size pants. Since there is also a proven connection between the accumulation of belly fat and the morbidity involved with cardiovascular disease you should really do everything in your power to burn off your central obesity before it becomes too much of an irreversible problem.
