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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/32490| Title: | Metabolically healthy obesity : is it time to lay the myth to rest? |
| Authors: | Grech, Victor E. |
| Keywords: | Obesity -- Physiological aspects Editorials Obesity -- Etiology |
| Issue Date: | 2018-07 |
| Publisher: | University of Malta. Medical School |
| Citation: | Grech, V. (2018). Metabolically healthy obesity : is it time to lay the myth to rest? Malta Medical School Gazette, 2(2), 1-2. |
| Abstract: | Metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) has been defined as a condition wherein obesity does not produce metabolic complications such as dyslipidemia, impaired glucose tolerance, or metabolic syndrome. These individuals also have less visceral adipose tissue, smaller adipocytes, and a reduced inflammatory profile when compared to metabolically unhealthy obese individuals, and their cardiac and metabolic risk does not improve as a result of weight loss interventions. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/32490 |
| Appears in Collections: | MMSG, Volume 2, Issue 2 MMSG, Volume 2, Issue 2 Scholarly Works - FacM&SPae |
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