What your butt shape tells about your health, researchers reveal

New research from the University of Westminster reveals that the shape of your gluteus maximus muscle can offer insights into your metabolic health. Advanced MRI techniques showed that muscle shape, not just size or fat content, changes with age, lifestyle, frailty, and conditions like type 2 diabetes, with distinct sex-specific patterns observed.

What your butt shape tells about your health, researchers reveal
New research from the University of Westminster reveals that the shape of your gluteus maximus muscle can offer insights into your metabolic health. Advanced MRI techniques showed that muscle shape, not just size or fat content, changes with age, lifestyle, frailty, and conditions like type 2 diabetes, with distinct sex-specific patterns observed.