Characterizing the profile of obese patients who are metabolically healthy

• Published in: International Journal of Obesity Vol. 35; no. 7; pp. 971 - 981
• Main Authors: Primeau, V, Coderre, L, Karelis, A.D, Brochu, M, Lavoie, M.E, Messier, V, Sladek, R, Rabasa-Lhoret, R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group 01.07.2011; Nature Publishing Group UK
• Subjects: 631/443/319/1642; 631/443/319/1642/393; Adipose tissues; Biological and medical sciences; Birth weight; Canada; Canada - epidemiology; Cell differentiation; Complications and side effects; Decision making; Development and progression; Diabetes; Education; Energy Metabolism; Enzymes; Epidemiology; Female; Gene expression; genes; Genetic aspects; Health; Health aspects; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; Health Status; Hormones; Humans; Hypertension; Hypertension - epidemiology; Inflammation; Insulin; insulin resistance; Insulin Resistance - physiology; Internal Medicine; Lipids; Liver; Male; medical education; Medical sciences; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Metabolic Diseases; Metabolic disorders; Metabolism; Mortality; Mortality risk; Obesity; Obesity - metabolism; patients; phenotype; Physiological aspects; physiology; Public Health; review; risk; Risk factors; uncertainty; visceral fat; Canada; Montreal Quebec Canada; insulin sensitivity; body composition; metabolic risk factors; cardiovascular diseases; metabolically healthy but obese; Human; Obesity; Pancreatic hormone; Nutrition; Insulin sensitivity; Nutrition disorder; Patient; Metabolic diseases; Cardiovascular disease; Insulin; Body composition; Metabolic disorder; Nutritional status

The presence of obesity-related metabolic disturbances varies widely among obese individuals. Accordingly, a unique subset of obese individuals has been described in the medical literature, which seems to be protected or more resistant to the development of metabolic abnormalities associated with ob...