Chicago (Reuters) - Carrying excess weight around the middle can impair lung function, adding to a long list of health problems associated with belly fat, French researchers said on Friday.
Abdominal obesity is already linked with diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease as part of a cluster of health problems known collectively as metabolic syndrome.
Researchers have now shown that a large waist measurement is strongly associated with decrease lung function, regardless of other complicating factors that affect the lungs such as overall obesity and smoking.
Read more at www.reuters.com/healthNews/idUSTRE250UF20090306
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