Childbearing May Increase Visceral Adipose Tissue Independent of Overall Increase in Body Fat
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- 1 May 2008
- Vol. 16 (5) , 1078-1084
- https://doi.org/10.1038/oby.2008.40
Abstract
Objective: To examine whether childbearing is associated with increased visceral adiposity and whether the increase is proportionally larger than other depots. Methods and Procedures: This prospectiv...Keywords
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