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A study by the University of Extremadura shows that the waist-height index (ICA) is more suitable than the much more extensive body mass index (BMI) or waist circumference to measure cardiovascular risk. Not only care about the fat, but also where it is situated.

Many medical research are changing the design that was available about abdominal fat. Now, there is just something ugly, when you have too much, much more significant is that it has proved an important cardiovascular risk factor.

In fact, it should be considered, not as an inert mass, but as a true gland which pours into the bloodstream substances harmful to health. And the more volume the more fat you have.

The last contribution in this regard is a thesis done in the Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Extremadura.

It was performed by Dr. Juan Manuel Urbano Gálvez and directed by Manuel Miranda and Luis Miguel Pérez Pérez Luengo, with support from the Portuguese Ministry of Health.

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