In the opinion of a professor, Dr. Anne B. Newman at the University of Pittsburgh it is the waist line that women should obsessed versus slenderizing their thighs. Moreover, Dr. Newman coauthored a recent study that noticed a relationship between thigh fat and reduced rates of metabolic syndrome (a cluster of risk factors for heart disease and diabetes; including LDL (bad) cholesterol and high levels of sugar in the blood).

The clinical trial involved both genders (over 3,000 women and men aged 70+). The findings portrayed that thigh fat was associated to raise scores on the measures amongst both women and men with body mass indices (BMI) high enough to qualify as obese.

Researchers are considering thigh fat to help other age groups, as well. How and why thigh fat may be beneficial has not been determined. To some, it the theory is suggest that the thighs play the role of a metabolic sink by absolving triglycerides as well as other harmful compounds from the blood.

In other theories, it has been suggested that leg fat does not really affect itself. Relatively, it may represent healthy body processes that enable a woman to store fat in safer, peripheral areas opposed to the more detrimental regions, the visceral area. Moreover, the same findings have been proved in the study of animals. For instance, an experiment surgically removed peripheral fat from mice. As a result, their visceral fat shot up and started secreting more of the dangerous compounds that are associated with heart disease and diabetes.