Pear-shaped women AREN'T protected from heart disease: Study overturns 'myth' that it's better to have wobbly thighs than a fat stomach .

• Those who carried weight around their bottoms secreted abnormal levels of two proteins
• These are known to cause early risk factors for heart disease and diabetes
• People who are 'apple-shaped' - with fat concentrated around their middles - have long been thought to be at greater risk from heart disease and diabetes than their 'pear-shaped' peers. But now researchers say the protective effect of carrying weight in the hips, thighs and bum is probably a myth.

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