Breast cancer at menopause: excess body fat involved in 40% of cases
According to a new Spanish study, around 40% of hormone-positive breast cancers occurring after menopause are linked to excess body ...
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Curves may help predict cardiovascular disease risk
Body curvature index – a measurement that takes into account the amount of abdominal fat and height – can help ...
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Chronic pain in women: a link observed with abdominal fat
Reducing abdominal fat could relieve chronic pain in women. THE ESSENTIAL A new study links excess abdominal fat to chronic ...
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Alzheimer’s disease: abdominal fat, a risk factor in your forties?
Researchers have found that abdominal fat is associated with changes in the brain long before the first symptoms of Alzheimer's ...
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Weight loss: where does abdominal fat come from and how to lose it?
Abdominal fat is bad for your health. Here's where it comes from and how to lose it. THE ESSENTIAL Abdominal ...
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Visceral fat: how do I know I have too much?
Several American experts have warned of the risks of an accumulation of abdominal fat. They also unveiled their tips for ...
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Lack of sleep increases bad belly fat
People who don't get enough sleep tend to eat more and store that bad abdominal fat. THE ESSENTIAL Drowsiness and ...
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Why visceral fat resists fasting
The fat that accumulates around the stomach adapts over time and becomes increasingly resistant to weight loss strategies such as ...
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Coffee: a slimming ally, but exclusively for women
American researchers have compared the percentage and distribution of body fat in coffee drinkers compared to non-drinkers. Regular consumers are ...
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Belly fat increases the risk of death
An Iranian meta-analysis reviewed and synthesized 72 previously published studies. According to them, all central fat indices are correlated with ...
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Excess abdominal fat would be harmful for the agility of our mind
The ability to reason and solve problems, which is not related to knowledge, would be weakened in people who have ...
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