9. Alcohol
There is a reason your bulging belly is called a beer gut. Alcohol contributes directly to belly fat. It causes chronic inflammation as well as a host of other heath problems. It may even decrease fat burning and all those empty calories are stored as fat.
Men who drink more than three drinks a day are 80% more likely to have belly fat!
In addition, mixers are full of sugar and milk-based ones are full of fat.