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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/fat-or-fiction-new-research-on-obesity/">Fat or Fiction? New Research on Obesity</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted October 25, 2007 at 04:00 PM by Sahara Jackson</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">(ARA) – All fat is not equal. Scientists now see the excess fat around one’s waist as a more dangerous health threat than fat stored in other parts of the body. This abdominal fat can lead to an increased risk for health problems such as heart disease and type 2 diabetes. “Historically fat was seen as a storage depot for excess energy, but research now demonstrates that fat tissue actually acts as an endocrine organ with the ability to secrete hormones and other inflammatory chemicals that can effect the kidneys, liver, heart and blood vessels,” says Dr. Judith Radin, an obesity research veteran and American College of Veterinary Pathologist (ACVP) member. “The close proximity of abdominal fat stores to vital organs may be why this tissue is more dangerous than fat found in other areas of the body.”…<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/fat-or-fiction-new-research-on-obesity/">(<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/fat-or-fiction-new-research-on-obesity/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/fat-or-fiction-new-research-on-obesity/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/fat-or-fiction-new-research-on-obesity/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-health/">her-health</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-nutrition/">her-nutrition</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/weight-control/">weight-control</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-news/">her-news</a><br /><br /> </P>