Word: fatted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Estrogen--the hormone linked to breast cancer--increases in the blood stream with a higher amount of body fat...
Huang explained that "after menopause, estrogen is produced by body fat. Weight gain increases blood estrogen levels...
...planning to study body fat distributions and risk of breast cancer," Huang said. "Some women gain a lot of weight abdominally. But some women gain weight peripherally...
...growth slowed and Seoul opened its economy to foreign competition, the fat profit margins of Korean companies suddenly became anorexic. Manufacturers like carmaker Kia Motors and steelcaster Hanbo have collapsed. Yet the chaebol kept begging for money, and their bankers kept obliging. Result: loans to Korean companies have reached an amount equal to 165% of Korea's GDP, and rumors abound that the country may seek an International Monetary Fund rescue. Seoul, however, denies...
WEIGHT WATCH Women can cut their risk of breast cancer in half by keeping their weight stable during adulthood. Reason: body fat raises blood levels of estrogen, a hormone thought to promote the cancer...