Shortening is the worst kind of industrial hydrogenated lipids. It will deposit in your body, including your belly. It will also very efficiently clog your arteries.

I guess you noticed that there was an outcry about Mc Donalds using hydrogenated fats in their food. Well, Mc Donalds has now obviated to that problem, but the food industry is dragging their heels, because they know people are way too ingorant to check for this ingredient when they buy their foodstuff.