The Danger Sign in Your Waistline ; Medical Notes
Evening Standard - London › May 03, 2005
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DOCTORS are being urged to pay even more attention to waist size following a new set of guidelines that highlight the importance of "central obesity" - having a waist measurement of more than 80cm (31.5in) if you are a woman and of more than 94 cm (37in) if you are a man.
It is now becoming increasingly evident that fat stored around the midriff is much more dangerous than fat in other parts of the body and that using weight alone as a guide for optimum health may be falsely reassuring.See the full content of this document
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The Danger Sign in Your Waistline ; Medical Notes
The link between abdominal fat and ill health is part of the metabolic syndrome - a recently discovered collection of factors that predispose to a number of illnesses ranging from gout and...
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