Abnormal Weight A Colon Cancer Risk Factor - Drug Discovery & Development

Abnormal Weight A Colon Cancer Risk Factor
Drug Discovery & Development
The researchers found that women considered “underweight” or “obese,” or who had increased abdominal obesity prior to cancer diagnosis seemed to face a ...

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Which is more important: Being thin or being active? - Indianapolis Star (blog)


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Which is more important: Being thin or being active?
Indianapolis Star (blog)
At least that's according to a recent study published in the International Journal of Obesity that studied physical inactivity, abdominal obesity and the ...
Weight index doesn't tell the whole truth St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Thick Waist a Problem at Any Weight - MedPage Today

Thick Waist a Problem at Any Weight
MedPage Today
In a prospective study of more than 100000 men and women over age 50, those with the biggest waistlines -- correlating with intra-abdominal obesity -- had ...
Bigger Waist Increases Mortality Risk Especially Among Women eMaxHealth
Large waists predict early death Press TV
Wider Waist May Raise Death Risk Later in Life BusinessWeek
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Lactoferrin Reduces Abdominal (Visceral) Obesity - Men's News Daily


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Lactoferrin Reduces Abdominal (Visceral) Obesity
Men's News Daily
In this small prospective, randomized, doubled-blinded study, 26 overweight men and women with abdominal obesity were randomized to receive either daily ...

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Heart risk factors a growing problem in Mexico - Reuters

Heart risk factors a growing problem in Mexico
Reuters
One-third of men said they smoked, while half of women were found to have abdominal obesity (defined as having a waist size of about 35 inches for women, ...

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The 35 inch Survival Test - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com (blog)


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The 35 inch Survival Test
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com (blog)
CDC scientists concluded that abdominal obesity has “increased continuously during the past 15 years”. Visceral fat, especially the fat around our middle, ...

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What's the one food to avoid if you're apple-shaped? - allvoices

What's the one food to avoid if you're apple-shaped?
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If you have even one symptom--abdominal obesity or the tendency to gain weight in your abdomen, talk to your doctor and find out whether a change in diet ...

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Waist size 'predicts early death' - Nursing Times

Waist size 'predicts early death'
Nursing Times
This subsequent study looked at waist circumference (WC), a measure of abdominal obesity and linked to higher rates of death independently of other measures ...

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Meet the tailor-made doctors - Mid-Day

Meet the tailor-made doctors
Mid-Day
According to medical experts, 37% people in the city experience problems of obesity. Obesity is basically of two types - Abdominal obesity and buttock ...

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Celebrate World Heart Day with "Well Traveled" Healthy Recipes - Stock Markets Review (press release)

Celebrate World Heart Day with "Well Traveled" Healthy Recipes
Stock Markets Review (press release)
... diabetes, high blood pressure, stress, abdominal obesity, sedentary lifestyle, eating too few fruits and vegetables and abstaining from alcohol, ...

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Roman Empire: came to an end — or at least the Western part did — when emperor Romulus Augustus was deposed (457)

"Tennis has to become everything to you if you're going to make it to the top. You have to live it."

by Monica Seles