apple-shaped (comparativemoreapple-shaped,superlativemostapple-shaped)

1. Having the shape of anapple, or incross section, like the cross section of an apple, or somewhatsuggestive of it; especially with regard totop-heavy applevarieties rather than thoroughlyround ones.
   1. Havingandroid fat distribution, notgynoid fat distribution.

      Synonym:android

      Coordinate terms:gynoid,pear-shaped

      pear-shaped obesity versusapple-shaped obesity

      • 2015 November 9, Melissa Healy, “Pear-shaped vs. apple trumps body mass index as a measure of risk”, inLos Angeles Times‎^[1]:

        Even at BMIs above 30, where obesity begins, men and women whose waist-to-hip ratio identified them as more pear-shaped were less likely to die -- of any cause and of cardiovascular causes -- than those with similar BMIs who wereapple-shaped.

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