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Article: Results from the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN) link abdominal fat and high body mass index (BMI) with hot flashes in menopausal women.(WOMEN'S HEALTH SNAPSHOTS)
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- Women's Health Activist
- Article date:
- July 1, 2008
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Results from the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN) link abdominal fat and high body mass index (BMI) with hot flashes in menopausal women. The SWAN study (developed as a result of NWHN's advocacy) is a multi-ethnic cohort study of 461 women, designed to help increase understanding of the biological and psychosocial changes that occur during the menopausal transition. Recent findings from the SWAN study show ...