Is the metabolically healthy obesity phenotype an irrelevant artifact for public health?

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Some obese persons do not develop (at least in the short term) the metabolic complications of obesity that are thought to be causally linked to cardiovascular events or premature mortality. This phenomenon has been termed "metabolically healthy obesity" (MHO), and it has received much attention recently, to the extent that some authors argue that "new metrics" must be developed to estimate the risk associated...

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