It's not your imagination. Your slowly expanding girth is a phenomenon is a product of the
aging process. The good news is your
hips aren't wider because you have more body fat in that region.As you age, cell fluid loss causes visible changes to how your body looks. Women’s thin waists and wide hips turn into wide waists and narrow hips. In men, the drop in testosterone levels that occurs with aging likely affects fat distribution and hip circumference, both of which commonly decrease as men get older.