Metabolically healthy obesity from childhood to adulthood - Does weight status alone matter?

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1084-1092

  Blüher, Susann ^a   Schwarz, Peter ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c GERMAN CENTER FOR DIABETES RESEARCH DZD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adulthood; Childhood; Insulin resistance; Metabolically healthy obese (MHO); Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INTERLEUKIN 6; MICRORNA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULTHOOD; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CHILDHOOD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAT CONTENT; FAT MASS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIFESTYLE; LIPID STORAGE; LOW CALORY DIET; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METABOLICALLY HEALTHY OBESITY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULTHOOD; CHILDHOOD; INSULIN RESISTANCE; METABOLICALLY HEALTHY OBESE (MHO); OBESITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; OBESITY; PEDIATRIC OBESITY;

EID: 84906278581     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: 15328600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2014.06.009     Document Type: Review

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