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Childbearing May Increase Visceral Adipose Tissue Independent of Overall Increase in Body Fat

Erica P. Gunderson, Barbara Sternfeld, Melissa Wellons, Rachel A. Whitmer, Vicky Chiang, Charles P. Quesenberry, Cora E. Lewis, Stephen Sidney

Obesity · 2008 · 134 citations · 30 references

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Abstract

Pregnancy may be associated with preferential accumulation of adipose tissue in the visceral compartment for similar gains in total body fat. Further investigation is needed to confirm these findings and determine whether excess visceral fat deposition with pregnancy adversely affects metabolic risk profiles among women.

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