system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: What determines where a person will store the excess fat? Why it differs from person to person?
gpt
Hormones play a huge role in this. Men tend to store fat around the stomach (android obesity), women in the hips (gynoid obesity). In fact, once a woman hits menopause, and she stops producing as much estrogen, the fat can actually start being stored more around the stomach like the male pattern.