We only recently understand how dangerous belly fat can be. How do you know if you have too much of it? And can you really get rid of it? | Interior

That tender swimming band around the waist is the Russian villain of the medical world: we’ve known it for a long time, but only recently have we understood how dangerous belly fat can be. Fortunately, the arsenal of weapons is also growing. There is more than push-ups, knows doctor Servaas Bingé. “We map abdominal fat with cortisol tests and DEXA scans. Then we work on sugar, alcohol, stress and sleep.”