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Are you overweight or obese? Depends on where you carry your fat

Jill Margo
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European experts have declared the traditional method of defining obesity inadequate and have designed a new framework that will include more people in the obese category.

Their new system for adults is not only concerned with the amount of fat a person is carrying, but also where they are carrying it.

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