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Is a person considered fat or overweight because they have slightly big stomach? their body is not big and round only their stomach is a beer gut.
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Men and Bellies: There are a lot of possible answers to your question based upon how different scientists and others define obesity. But, that is moot in the case of men in the middle of their lives. Having abdominal fat is the main key in diagnosing heart disease, pre-diabetes, hypertension and hypogonadism. Abdominal fat represents the metabolic syndrome and in men this is the time when health risk is highest.
Answered 1/17/2014
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