love handles
/lˈʌv hˈændəlz/
noun
the extra mass of fat on each side of a person's waist
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1You can also try 6 Exercises That Will Get Rid of Your Love Handles In Just 4 Weeks.
2How to Get Rid of Love Handles.
spare tire
/spˈɛɹ tˈaɪɚ/
noun
a large excess of fat in the middle part of someone's body
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1We make cars without spare tires.
2In this case, a simple spare tire can save your life.
3We've got the vehicle's spare tire.
4There's also a spare tire.
5Check for the VIN underneath the spare tire.
beer belly
/bˈɪɹ bˈɛli/
noun
a man's bulging stomach caused by excessive drinking of beer over a long period
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1In Saudi Arabia, they don't have beer belly.
2Beer belly is real!
3Soon your phone plan gotta beer belly and a gambling problem.
4- And you've got a beer belly.
5However, the beer belly is not.
baby fat
/beɪbi fæt/
noun
the plumpness or chubbiness of a child's body, usually in the form of excess body fat that is commonly seen in infants and young children.

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baby weight
/beɪbi weɪt/
noun
the weight gain that typically occurs during pregnancy and is often retained by a woman after giving birth
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cankle
/kæŋkəl/
noun
a person's leg in which the calf and ankle appear to have little or no differentiation, giving the appearance of a single cylindrical shape
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1Like, that structurally has problems, like bunions, the corns, hammertoes, even cankles.
2Her cankles are the thinnest thing on her body.
3A cackle a day keeps the cankles away.
cellulite
/sˈɛljuːlˌaɪt/
noun
a condition where the skin on certain parts of the body appears dimpled or lumpy, caused by underlying fat deposits and connective tissue
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1Rolls, curves, cellulite, all of it.
2Reducing body fat typically improves cellulite appearance.
3Vibration plate for cellulite: Body vibration is the most important cue for collagen and elastin production for your skin and blood vessel cells.
4Caffeine is very effective against cellulite.
5Camouflage cellulite by rubbing some of the dark tanner behind your legs under your butt.
double chin
/dˈʌbəl tʃˈɪn/
noun
an excess of fat or skin that causes a fold or second layer to form under the chin, creating the appearance of two chins

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fat
/ˈfæt/
noun
a substance taken from animals or plants and then processed so that it can be used in cooking
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1The energy and most of the materials come from the three macronutrients: fats, carbohydrates and proteins.
2Avoiding fats.
3Bile salts emulsify fats.
4Fats yield more energy per unit mass than carbohydrates.
5Flour tortillas have fat in them.
flab
/ˈfɫæb/
noun
soft, sagging body fat that typically hangs or sags, often in areas like the arms, legs, abdomen, or buttocks
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1And a whole bunch of belly flab, and we're just gonna cut right along that line and take this part, and use this for our burgers.
2So I lived in hockey jerseys to hide my flab.
3To reduce that extra flab in your arms as well as other parts of your body, the first step should be to cut down on refined carbs and other sources of empty calories.
4One study from 2011 has indicated that daily consumption of potato chips is responsible for adding two pounds of flab to your body.
5- Lots of flab flying all over.
middle-aged spread
/mɪdəleɪdʒd spɹɛd/
noun
the gradual increase in body fat that many people experience as they enter middle age, particularly around the waist and hips

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moobs
/muːbz/
noun
the appearance of male breasts that resemble those of a woman due to excessive fat deposits in the chest area
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1- Um, cause it's in HD. - Moobs.
paunch
/pˈɔːntʃ/
noun
a protruding belly caused by excess fat or lack of muscle tone in the abdominal area
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1Kevin punched at least 300 individual hairs into the stomach and chest of Keanu's fake paunch.
2In the morning, they took the blood of the deer and put it into the paunch and so boiled it.
3With much more force pulling us down, our organs would shift and we'd likely develop some serious health issues, and an unavoidable paunch.
4And by the look of that paunch, he hasn't been doing enough yoga.
5To camouflage a stomach paunch, wear a shirt that has ruching around the middle.
potbelly
/pˈɑːtbɛli/
noun
a round or protruding belly, often associated with being overweight or having excess abdominal fat
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1I play a potbelly guy named Freet--
2Legend has it that while in an argument with his lab partner, he angrily threw a piece of sulfur-covered rubber into a potbelly stove.
3Potbelly cast iron stove.
4The Critter Fixers gather their numbers and strength to welcome the week's biggest potbelly patient.
5There are a few illnesses potbelly pigs can get because they're living in your home that you should be on the look out for.
puppy fat
/pˈʌpi fˈæt/
noun
the excess body fat carried by children or teenagers during their development stages

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