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middle-age spread

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middle-age spread, middle-aged spread
n
the fat that appears round many people's waist during middle age


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The study led by Dr Alan Kristal from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre showed that regular yoga practice may help prevent middle-age spread in normal-weight people and may promote weight loss in those who are overweight.
We don't have a pudding because with middle-age spread these days I have to watch my figure
In losing muscle mass we are losing the ability to burn calories as well as we did when we are younger - hence the middle-age spread phenomena.
 
 
 
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