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A condition of having excess fat in the abdomen. Abdominal obesity is typically defined as waist circumferences of 40 inches or more in men and 35 inches or more in women. Abdominal obesity raises the risk of developing disorders, such as DIABETES; HYPERTENSION; and METABOLIC SYNDROME.
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- Central Obesity
- Obesity, Abdominal
- Abdominal Obesities
- Central Obesities
- Obesities, Abdominal
- Obesities, Central
- Obesity, Central
- Obesity, Visceral
- Visceral Obesity
- Obesities, Visceral
- Visceral Obesities
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2010
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- Obesity (1966-2009)
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- National Library of Medicine. Abdominal Obesity. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D056128. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D056128
- Abdominal Obesity. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdominal_obesity
- Abdominal Obesity. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1140549