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Is fat distributed proportionally around the body? One guide I have been using to tell me if I really am gaining a lot of weight is a ring around my 2nd last finger on my right hand, if I can slip it on and off without any resistance then I'm fine, however I've been basing this from the notion that if I gain weight it's proportionally distributed around my body, as such, if I get fatter so do my fingers So I am wondering, is fat distributed proportionally around the body (ie. if your waist gets bigger then your fingers will get bigger along with it)?

@fileunderwater's suggestion to use a scale is probably the best answer you could get, but looking at this broadly, the answer is no. The oft-referenced apple and pear shapes are indeed very real and have medical consequences. One of the issues is that there are sex differences in fat distribution. There is no evidence I can find that finger fat is a good correlate of overall body fat, although admittedly yours could be. It is also likely a function of how much overweight you were when you began the "experiment" i.e. the relationship probably isn't linear.

That being said, in men the ratio of the _length_ of the second and fourth digits are otherwise meaningful.

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