Obesity: To be obese - Does it matter if you are metabolically healthy?

Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 699-700

  Karelis, Antony D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIVER ENZYME;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY; BODY WEIGHT; CLASSIFICATION; NOTE; RISK FACTOR;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; IDEAL BODY WEIGHT; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 82155162420     PISSN: 17595029     EISSN: 17595037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrendo.2011.181     Document Type: Short Survey

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