Cortisol is the key hormone related to stress-induced abdominal fat increase.
Cortisol is the hormone that is most likely to play a role in increasing abdominal fat due to stress. Cortisol, known as the "stress hormone" is involved in restoring homeostasis after a stressful event and can lead to abdominal fat accumulation under chronic stress.
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