Belly fat is associated with obesity-related conditions like diabetes and heart disease, so men are at a higher risk of these. But when women hit the menopause their ovarian hormone levels drop and their fat storage changes towards their waists.
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Climate Change is centre stage in the election campaign for a night
20 May, 2010
Climate Change and the Environment did not feature highly in the General Election, with the economy taking central stage.
Making sense of fractures using biosensors
19 May, 2010
The healing of bone fractures could be improved using tiny sensors that are strapped on the metal healing plate to measure the change in weight on the sensor as the bone heals.
Happy Anniversary Human DNA Sequence
30 April, 2010
Ten years ago the first working draft of the full sequence of the human genome was completed. The international was started in order to map the location of all genes in human DNA.
New allotment to grow ‘Food in the City’
17 April, 2010
The ‘Food in the City’ project based at City University, Islington, plans to grow food on a derelict site in the centre of London by Summer 2010.