Is There Really Such A Thing As A 'Beer Belly'?

Factual Questions
1

Is there any validity to the belief that drinking beer will cause a person to accumulate fat on his or her belly, for reasons other than the calorie content alone?

In other words, if you took a set of identical twins and put them on the exact same daily caloric intake and exercise regiment, only you had one obtain a portion of the calories by drinking a 12-pack every day, would the beer-drinking twin eventually have more fat on his abdominal region?

Thanks.

2

No. People accumulate fat in different areas. My father’s side of the family is full of otherwise skinny people, who have gravity-defying large pot bellies. And most of them were not drinkers.

You can find more by Googling [beer belly myth]

3

Those guys drink the beer in addition to the food, not instead of it.