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Metabolically healthy and unhealthy obese--the 2013 Stock Conference report.
Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity - 1 Sept 2014
Samocha-Bonet D, Dixit V D, Kahn C R, Leibel R L, Lin X, Nieuwdorp M, Pietiläinen K H, Rabasa-Lhoret R, Roden M, Scherer P E, Klein S, Ravussin E
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Obesity is closely associated with cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes, but some obese individuals, despite having excessive body fat, exhibit metabolic health that is comparable with that of lean individuals. The 'healthy obese' phenotype was described in the 1980s, but major advancements in its characterization were only made in the past five years. During this time, several new mechanisms that may be...
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