They were never meant to be chronic or long - lasting, and when the stressors become chronic, this insulin resistance leads to deposition of fat in our abdomen. (mindbodygreen.com)
Stress leads to deposition of fat in the abdomen. (bestmuscleup.com)
This insulin resistance then requires the pancreas to secrete more and more insulin to overcome this resistance which leads to higher and higher insulin levels which leads to more and more deposition of fat into fat cells resulting in obesity as well as metabolic syndrome which entails diabetes, hypertension, and vascular disease, ie heart disease and strokes. (pjensenmd.com)