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Central Obesity
(redirected from Apple-Type Obesity)

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Central Obesity
Obesity defined by an increased waist-to-hip ratio, waist-to-thigh ratio, waist circumference, and sagittal abdominal diameter, and linked to an increased risk of cardiovascular events

central obesity
Abdominal obesity, truncal obesity Obesity defined by an ↑ waist-to-hip ratio, waist-to-thigh ratio, waist circumference, and sagittal abdominal diameter, and linked to an ↑ risk of cardiovascular events. See Body mass index, Obesity.


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