Good because, as I've already suggested, exercise and diet are quite effective in reducing visceral fat. A study described by Dr. Gaesser in Big Fat Lies shows the effect of exercise on male belly fat. Researchers at Osaka University Medical School studied fifteen young professional Sumo wrestlers. Despite their obvious obesity, the Sumo wrestlers had relatively little visceral fat, as assessed by CAT scans. But for women it's almost the reverse.
Women have the edge healthwise, but it comes with a price.
Dr. Gaesser explains why. He says it's because the female fat tissue takes potentially harmful fat out of the blood stream. So the good news is that you are an unlikely candidate for heart disease and other serious ailments. Unfortunately, the bad news is that most women will always have more fat on their thighs than a man. That seems to be Mother Nature's plan.