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Researchers find increased risk of metabolic syndrome among moist snuff users
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, September 18th, 2006
The metabolic syndrome - a catch-all name for a picture of disturbed sugar regulation, high blood pressure, high blood fats, and obesity - increases the more individuals use moist snuff, according to a study being published in Scandinavian Journal of Public Health.
In V-sterbotten County in Sweden as of the early 1990s, all middle-aged men are invited to take part in a health study the year they turn 40, 50, and 60. Besides having their height, weight, blood pressure, blood sugar, and...
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