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Metabolically healthy overweight in young adulthood: is it a matter of duration and degree of overweight?
Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD - 8 Feb 2021
Craveiro Vanda, Ramos Elisabete, Araújo Joana
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BACKGROUND AND AIM: Given the controversy regarding metabolically healthy obesity, we studied the association between duration and degree of body mass index (BMI) from adolescence to early adulthood and metabolic status of both overweight/obese and under/normal weight subjects. METHODS AND RESULTS: Participants of the EPITeen cohort were evaluated at 13, 17, 21 and 24 years (n = 1040). Duration and degree of BMI...
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