Is Your Body Changing Shape With Seasons?
A new study claims that different seasons can influence fats to shift from one location to others in the body. This results in an altered shape of the body which is influenced by weather or seasonal changes.
The study suggests that varied levels of “testosterone” causes the body to change its shape. The hormone which is usually associated with the fierceness and brawns seems to fluctuate with time and different seasons say experts.
Experts opine that the waist and the hips are the most affected regions. For instance, it was observed that with the rise of testosterone levels in women, they became less curvy and their fats shifted to the waist.
Scientists conducted their study on about 220 women and 127 men. In order to confirm the seasonal fluctuations in testosterone, the saliva of men and women were studied as samples. The waists and hips of women were also measured during the course of the investigation.
Results of the study confirmed that testosterone levels were high in summer for women. On the other hand, the testosterone levels in men were lowest in spring. The study thereby suggests that women remain more curvaceous in spring and winter, whereas men appear manlier in spring.
Scientists are not sure that the changes in body shape and size happens on a conscious or subconscious level because the changes happen over a duration of time and are not apparent on the face.
Scientists are also not to sure as to how and why seasonal changes influence the levels of testosterone in people which causes the shifting of fats in their bodies, though earlier studies have proved that seasonal changes have a big hand in affecting the time of conception and cognitive performance as well.
