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There are significant dose-response relationships between egg consumption and overweight with excessive body fat/central obesity in females.
Increasing egg intake may be beneficial for reducing body fat and obesity risk in females.
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There were significant dose-response relationships between egg consumption and overweight with excessive body fat/central obesity (p for linear trend <0.05).
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Based on a representative study of 2241 rural adults.
Source
Body Fat Mass, Fat Distribution and Egg Consumption: a Population-Based Study in Chinese Adults
Ruru Liu et al. · Journal of the American College of Nutrition · 2020
DOI 10.1080/07315724.2019.1700200
cross-sectional · n=2241Cited 27×
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