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abdominal obesity |
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abdominal obesity Androgenous obesity, truncal obesity Public health A clinical form of obesity which is more typical of ♂; those with AO waists > 40 inches had a 3 fold > risk of high cholesterol, were 4 times more likely to be
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As you get older, your body produces smaller amounts of sex hormones (testosterone in men, estrogen, progesterone, and small amounts of testosterone in women), which increases your risk of abdominal obesity. TESTOSTERONE STUDY: Men 60 years or older with abdominal obesity are invited to participate in a USC study of testosterone replacement therapy and body fat. OBJECTIVES: Our objective in this study was to investigate phthalate exposure and its associations with abdominal obesity and insulin resistance. |
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