Spike in middle-aged women's strokes linked to belly fat

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• Strokes in women ages 35-54 tripled between 1988 and 2004.
  
• Women's waistlines nearly 2 inches bigger than a decade ago
  
• Bulge corresponds with the increase in strokes
  
• Expert: Obesity "sets the stage for all the other risk factors to come in"
  
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