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Abdominal obesity
Abdominal obesity is a symptom in which a person has a lot of his body fat in the tummy area, rather than having his fat spread throughout his body. Abdominal obesity can be seen in conditions such as "metabolic syndrome" and "pre-diabetes".
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A 46-year old asked:
What waist measurement in a female considered to have abdominal obesity?
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A 30-year old asked:
Are women more prone to abdominal obesity?
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A 34-year old asked:
At what waist size is a female considered to have abdominal obesity?
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A 35-year old asked:
Is it normal for a woman with central abdominal obesity to look pregnant?
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A 34-year old asked:
Ultrasound helpful for abdominal obesity.?
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A 35-year old asked:
What can I do to get rid of my abdominal obesity ?
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A 18-year old female asked:
If my waist is 36" and my hips are 52" does that consider me to have abdominal obesity?
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A 27-year old female asked:
Should I invest in calipers to monitor my abdominal obesity? If so how often should I measure or should I let another individual measure for me?
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A 34-year old male asked:
I am from India. Abdominal obesity & belly fat are two different things? Till the age of 15 or 16 a boy and girl have same chance of getting abdominal obesity if they eat too much.Right?After that belly fat shifts to thighs and hips in girls.Correct?
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A 46-year old asked:
Why is abdominal obesity higher risk for heart disease than other types of obesity?
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A 31-year old male asked:
Why I have bilateral dark skin papulomacular hyperpigment ED lesion on tibia or shin with abdominal obesity? Is it subclinical hypotyrodism?
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A male asked:
Bloating of stomach, gas problem, abdominal obesity?
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A 21-year old female asked:
I am experiencing obesity and appetite changes (quality: increased appetite) . The following also describe me: Weight gain, Abdominal obesity, Abnormally round face, Abnormally large face, Generalized weakness, and Loss of sex drive. What should I do?
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A 44-year old asked:
Is it better to have vaginal or abdominal delivery if morbidly obese?
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A 46-year old asked:
Can the obese lose weight slow enough that they could lose a pannus (hanging abdomen)?
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A male asked:
When a person is obese, is there abdominal squished or pushed up?
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A 26-year old female asked:
Is it normal to see your pulse in your abdomen even if you are overweight/obese? I am 26, female, 5' 5" and 188 lbs. Noticed for the past few years.
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A 44-year old male asked:
I'm obese and I'm experiencing sharp located pain in my middle abdomen while eating or walking, gastroscopy was ok 1 year ago, can it be muscolar? Thx
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A 43-year old male asked:
I suffer from carbs addiction and binge eating, I'm obese and I'm experiencing a weird pain in my abdomen , I'm worried it's my pancreas or heart?
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A 21-year old female asked:
My weight is 57kgs 22 yr old i hv this huge abdominal fat otherwise I am not fat or obese hw cn i reduce belly fat ?
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A 38-year old female asked:
I am obese, started lifestyle modifications through diet and exercise for weight loss. I have been loosing the abdominal weight and the lump is becoming more visible. Initially noticed it in 2017 whilst pregnant. Removed lipoma on my back in 2005.
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A 40-year old female asked:
I have high bp.also: Weight gain, and Abdominal obesity. Also adrenal adenoma 6,6 cm nonfuncional-starting calcification.what should i do?
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A 29-year old female asked:
Symptoms: abdominal obesity, palpitations, cold hands/feet, irregular periods, adult acne, reactive hypoglycemia, sugar cravings. Hormone issue?
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A 26-year old male asked:
Symptomes: abdominal obesity, baldness, brachydactyly, depression, low energy level, muscle twitching, small penis, small testes. What doctor to see?
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A female asked:
Does a separation of abdominal muscles occur with obesity?
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A 42-year old asked:
Why would the prevalence of obesity be such a concern?
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A 29-year old female asked about a 27-year old male:
Is 290lbs obese for a 6ft 4inch male. Former marine. Iraq vet?
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A 47-year old asked:
Is it possible for an obese person to be a mesomorph?
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Is obesity dangerous to a pregnancy?
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Central obesity hypertension diabetes--is that a syndrome?
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