Adverse side effects of the type often associated with excess testosterone levels were not reported at significant levels.

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These signs and symptoms develop because this type of tumor produces an excess of chemical compounds called catecholamines.

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Gaining too much weight is a major contributor to Type 2 diabetes, since excess fat cells can affect the way the body breaks down glucose and produces insulin, but some normal weight individuals can develop the disease as well.

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Almost 90% of babies born with this type of spina bifida have hydrocephalus, excess brain fluid.

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The union says that about one in five free schools, in the second and third waves of this new type of school, will add to "significant excess capacity".

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People who carry excess weight, especially in their midsection, are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes because the fat in their tissues causes an imbalance of insulin in the body.

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About 24 million people in the U.S. have diabetes, and 90 percent of those cases are type 2 diabetes, which is more likely to occur with aging, excess weight and a sedentary lifestyle.

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Conversely, BMI may underestimate body fat in a very small-framed person, someone who has very little muscle mass, or a person who carries his or her excess weight mainly around the midsection and has very thin arms and legs (the so called apple shaped body type).

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