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Abdominal obesity
Abdominal obesity is a symptom in which a person has a lot of his body fat in the tummy area, rather than having his fat spread throughout his body. Abdominal obesity can be seen in conditions such as "metabolic syndrome" and "pre-diabetes".
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abdominal obesity can affect pregnancy to happen?
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