Two people can weigh about the same — and even have the same BMI — yet carry very different amounts of belly fat and muscle. That matters, especially as we age. Visceral fat — the fat packed around internal organs — is tied to insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes and heart disease. Muscle, on the other hand, becomes increasingly important for strength, mobility and independence. Now a large Finnish study has found one everyday habit linked to both: coffee drinking. People who drank more coffee had less total body fat, less visceral fat and more skeletal muscle than lighter coffee…

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