Abdominal fat increases heart disease risk of healthy weight women

01 Jul 2019


According to a long-term study, published in the European Heart Journal, even women of healthy weight who tend to carry more abdominal fat than leg fat have an elevated risk of heart disease and stroke postmenopause.

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