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Why big bums are healthier than big tums

When scientists started to research how fat behaves around the body they came to a startling discovery 鈥� that big bums are healthier than big tums.

Drs Hannah Fry and Adam Rutherford find out why in this week鈥檚 Curious Case on Discovery.

Image: Overweight man, credit: Science Photo Library

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