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Article: Abdominal fat indicates severity of syndrome in obese, postmenopausal women.
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- Women's Health Weekly
- Article date:
- November 4, 2004
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2004 NOV 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New research shows that the presence of intra-abdominal fat can indicate the existence and severity of metabolic syndrome in obese, postmenopausal women.
The findings, published in the November 2004 issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, could help doctors identify health risks in aging women. The research was presented October 14, 2004, at the American Medical Association's 23rd Annual Science Writer's Conference.
Research has shown that obesity is linked to metabolic syndrome, which has several known risk factors including high cholesterol, high blood pressure, increased levels of fasting ...