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New research reveals that one in five people with normal BMIs have hidden abdominal obesity, facing 29% higher blood pressure ...

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A new study on the worldwide prevalence of ‘abdominal obesity’ tied belly fat in ‘normal’ weight people to hypertension, ...

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