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Volume 36, Issue 2, Pages 271-+Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.pop.2009.01.009
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Obesity; Comorbidities; Adiposity; Malignancy; Insulin resistance
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Obesity, especially visceral adiposity, is associated with morbidity and mortality through endocrine and mechanical processes. Clinical manifestations due to effects of obesity on the cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, immune, and integumentary systems have been described. Further studies are needed to understand the pathologic; processes underlying these clinical manifestations to improve disease prevention.
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