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Excess belly fat linked to diabetes, heart disease
The new findings give "considerably more weight" to the evidence that excess belly fat, by itself, contributes to diabetes and heart disease, he said. The findings do not prove that shedding belly fat would cut a person's risk of diabetes or heart disease, Smith pointed out. This new research suggests that people who carry weight at the belly tend to have higher rates of diabetes and heart disease. The American Heart Association has more on weight and heart disease. It's still possible, he said, that the genes that contribute to abdominal obesity also feed the development of diabetes and heart disease -- through mechanisms other than extra belly fat.about the details read more from here
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