Editor's note: Graphic image below.
Envision a large, loafy muffin top. Not just a central bulge or even love handles. I’m speaking of an apron of skin and fat that hangs down over many an American’s lower torso and groin. Surely you’ve seen it -- you may even have one. Its medical name is the pannus.
I had never heard of a pannus in medical school and I still never hear it ...
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