Apple shape vs pear shape?

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So I've heard about having an apple shaped body vs a pear shaped body, but I've never been able to figure out what it meant. Is it like your weight gravitates to your stomach if you're an apple or to your thighs / butt if you're a pear? I feel like I'm both right now, ha ha!

I'd like to figure out which I am, since I've heard being an apple shape puts you at more risk for heart disease.

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So I've heard about having an apple shaped body vs a pear shaped body, but I've never been able to figure out what it meant. Is it like your weight gravitates to your stomach if you're an apple or to your thighs / butt if you're a pear? I feel like I'm both right now, ha ha!

I'd like to figure out which I am, since I've heard being an apple shape puts you at more risk for heart disease.

Yes, you pretty much got it right.

Apple shaped means that you have android fat distribution pattern so your fat is more through the middle. This is the most common pattern for men but women can have it too. Pear shaped means that you have a gynoid fat distribution pattern, which is generally seen as the more feminine shape where you carry more fat in your hips/thighs/butt.



You can change over time too. I was very apple-ish when I was fat. Now I'm more ruler-like, which some people call banana shaped.