Clinical studies demonstrate that cold therapies, such as whole-body cryotherapy and cryostimulation, significantly reduce abdominal obesity, waist circumference, and visceral fat accumulation.
Papers [3] and [4] directly investigate the effects of whole-body cryotherapy on human subjects (specifically menopausal women with metabolic syndrome and abdominal obesity), demonstrating statistically significant reductions in waist circumference, abdominal obesity, and android/trunk fat mass. Although paper [1] found no significant change in body composition from a combined exercise and cryostimulation program over a different protocol, multiple other clinical studies support the fat-reducing effects of cold exposure on the gut and abdominal area.