Your body shape changes during the year?

Seasonal changes cause fat to shift locations in our body, altering the shape of our figures at certain times of the year, according to a new study.

Varying testosterone levels drive the shape changes, the study, which has been accepted for publication in the upcoming issue of Psychoneuroendocrinology suggests. The hormone, often associated with brawn and aggressiveness, fluctuates over the seasons in both men and women.

The most evident changes occur around the waist and hip region, the study says. When testosterone levels rise, women became less curvy and fat shifts toward the waist.

Other research has determined that the opposite happens in men, who retain more fat in the abdominal region when testosterone levels fall. Read the full article here.