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Abdominal Obesity
GH treatment reduces abdominal visceral fat in postmenopausal women
May 5th, 2005
One year of growth hormone therapy has been shown to reduce abdominal visceral fat in abdominally obese postmenopausal women. "Abdominal obesity is associated with blunted GH secretion and a cluster of cardiovascular risk factors that characterize the metabolic syndrome. GH treatment in abdominally obese men reduces visceral adipose tissue and has beneficial effects on the metabolic profile. There are no long-term data on the effects of GH treatment on postmenopausal women with abdominal obesity," wrote C. Franco and colleagues, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden. "Forty postmenopausal women with abdominal obesity participated in a...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-05-05)
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