Upper body fat localization has been associated with an increased risk of cancer. This study demonstrated that 64.2% of 124 women with at least a 4.5-kg weight loss decreased their upper body fat localization, as measured by a reduction in their suprailiac-thigh skin fold ratio and other skin fold t
Timing of weight gain and breast cancer risk
โ Scribed by Basil A. Stoll
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 116 KB
- Volume
- 77
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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