adiposity

Example Sentences

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Abdominal adiposity — excess stomach fat — is associated with increased mortality risk, regardless of body mass index.

From Washington Post

They found that central adiposity — a large waist — was consistently associated with a higher risk of all-cause mortality.

From New York Times

The study author said future work will investigate aggressive types of prostate cancer and adiposity.

From Fox News

But even so, the correlation between relative inactivity and greater adiposity in these babies was noteworthy and could be worrisome, Dr. Benjamin-Neelon says.

From New York Times

With the four other measures of adiposity, the associations with cardiovascular disease risk were consistent even after controlling for other factors: As those measures increased, so did the risk for cardiovascular disease.

From New York Times