Samantha P. Flanagan, DO, Assistant Professor of Clinical Family and Community Medicine at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, provided perspective to HealthCentral on truncal obesity. Truncal obesity, which is also known as central or abdominal obesity, is extra weight carried around the waistline.
IMPORTANT: As of 8:00 AM on September 3, Temple University Hospital – Main Campus (Broad and Ontario Streets) will no longer provide Labor and Delivery services. All childbirth services will be relocated to our new hospital location.
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