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Love handles put the squeeze on lungs

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created Mar 06, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

There's more bad news for people who carry excess weight around their waists: Not only is abdominal obesity associated with diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease and a host of other health problems collectively known ...


Have migraine? Bigger waistline may be linked

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created Feb 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Overweight people who are between the ages of 20 and 55 may have a higher risk of experiencing migraine headaches, according to a study released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 61st Annual ...


Symptoms of depression associated with increase in abdominal fat

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created Dec 01, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Older adults with symptoms of depression appear more likely to gain abdominal fat, but not overall fat, over a five-year period, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of General Psychiatry.





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Larger belly in mid-life increases risk of dementia

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created Mar 25, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (34) | comments 1

People with larger stomachs in their 40s are more likely to have dementia when they reach their 70s, according to a study published in the March 26, 2008, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academ ...


New study shows belly fat may affect liver function

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created Jun 10, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (5) | comments 0

A study by the University of Southern California (USC) suggests the release of lipids from abdominal fat, which drains directly to the liver, increases overnight, providing additional insight as to how abdominal fat is associated ...


Study shows that a larger abdomen in midlife increases risk of dementia

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created Mar 26, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (10) | comments 0

People in their 40s with larger stomachs have a higher risk for dementia when they reach their 70s, according to a study published in the March 26, 2008, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Ac ...


Your belly fat could be making you hungrier

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created Apr 16, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

The extra fat we carry around our middle could be making us hungrier, so we eat more, which in turn leads to even more belly fat. Dr. Yaiping Yang and his colleagues at the Lawson Health Research Institute affiliated with ...


Widely used body fat measurements overestimate fatness in blacks

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created Jun 11, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The body mass index (BMI) and waistline measurement overestimate obesity in blacks, according to a new study. The results suggest that conventional methods for estimating body fat may need to become race-specific.


Not all fat created equal

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created May 06, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (17) | comments 0

It has long been known that type 2 diabetes is linked to obesity, particularly fat inside the belly. Now, researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center have found that fat from other areas of the body can actually reduce insulin ...


Researchers identify how stressed fat tissue malfunctions

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created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers, in a collaboration with colleagues from the University of Leipzig, Germany, have identified a signaling pathway that is operational in intra-abdominal fat, the fat depot ...


The correlation between incidental NAFLD and carotid atherosclerosis

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created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is often caused by abdominal obesity, which is also one of the main causes of insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome. The latter, in turn, is an important cardiovascular risk factor, ...


Study: Child's tummy may foretell obesity

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created Nov 06, 2006 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

The size of a tummy, expanding on U.S. children in recent years, may be a better measure of health risks associated with obesity, scientists said.


Symptoms of depression in obese children linked to elevated cortisol

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created Jun 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study connects abnormalities of the "stress" hormone cortisol with symptoms of depression in obese children, and confirms that obesity and depression often occur together, even in children.



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