Original paper

Causes, Characteristics, and Consequences of Metabolically Unhealthy Normal Weight in Humans

Volume: 26, Issue: 2, Pages: 292 - 300
Published: Aug 1, 2017
Abstract
A BMI in the normal range associates with a decreased risk of cardiometabolic disease and all-cause mortality. However, not all subjects in this BMI range have this low risk. Compared to people who are of normal weight and metabolically healthy, subjects who are of normal weight but metabolically unhealthy (∼20% of the normal weight adult population) have a greater than 3-fold higher risk of all-cause mortality and/or cardiovascular events. Here...
Paper Details
Title
Causes, Characteristics, and Consequences of Metabolically Unhealthy Normal Weight in Humans
Published Date
Aug 1, 2017
Volume
26
Issue
2
Pages
292 - 300
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