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  2. Abdominal obesity - Wikipedia

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    Central obesity is a symptom of Cushing's syndrome [38] and is also common in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Central obesity is associated with glucose intolerance and dyslipidemia. Once dyslipidemia becomes a severe problem, an individual's abdominal cavity would generate elevated free fatty acid flux to the liver.

  3. Android fat distribution - Wikipedia

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    This pattern may lead to an "triangle"-shaped body or central obesity, and is more common in males than in females. Thus, the android fat distribution of men is about 48.6%, which is 10.3% higher than that of premenopausal women. [2] In other cases, an ovoid shape forms, which does not differentiate between men and women.

  4. Metabolic syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Central obesity is a key feature of the syndrome, as both a sign and a cause, in that the increasing adiposity often reflected in high waist circumference may both result from and contribute to insulin resistance. However, despite the importance of obesity, affected people who are of normal weight may also be insulin-resistant and have the ...

  5. Uwazurike explains that a waist-to-hip ratio of higher than 0.9 for men and 0.85 for women suggests a potentially elevated chance of developing health problems. ... Obesity Management/Intervention ...

  6. A new definition of obesity goes beyond BMI. What this could ...

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    For years, medical experts have defined obesity primarily based on body mass index, which measures stored fat by calculating height and weight, to determine a person’s health risks. Major public ...

  7. Obesity in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Share of adults that are obese, 1975 to 2016. Obesity is common in the United States and is a major health issue associated with numerous diseases, specifically an increased risk of certain types of cancer, coronary artery disease, type 2 diabetes, stroke, and cardiovascular disease, as well as significant increases in early mortality and economic costs. [1]

  8. Why BMI is not the obesity measurement we need - AOL

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    A panel of global experts explains why BMI is not the most helpful measurement of body weight, and how else doctors can diagnose obesity. Image credit: VICTOR TORRES/Stocksy.

  9. Waist-to-height ratio - Wikipedia

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    More than twenty-five years ago, WHtR was first suggested as a simple health risk assessment tool because "it is a proxy for harmful central adiposity"; [3] it predicts obesity-related cardiovascular disease. A boundary value of 0.5 was proposed to indicate increased risk.