TY - JOUR
T1 - The concept of normal weight obesity
AU - Oliveros, Estefania
AU - Somers, Virend K.
AU - Sochor, Ondrej
AU - Goel, Kashish
AU - Lopez-Jimenez, Francisco
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported in part by the European Regional Development Fund, project FNUSA-ICRC (Z.1.05/1.1.00/02.0123) and Czech Ministry of Health (NT13434-4/2012).
PY - 2014/1
Y1 - 2014/1
N2 - Individuals with normal body weight by body mass index (BMI) and high body fat percentage show a high degree of metabolic dysregulation. This phenomenon, defined as normal weight obesity, is associated with a significantly higher risk of developing metabolic syndrome, cardiometabolic dysfunction and with higher mortality. Recently, we have also shown that coronary artery disease patients with normal BMI and central obesity have the highest mortality risk as compared to other adiposity patterns. Therefore, it is important to recognize these high-risk groups for better adiposity-based risk stratification. There is a need for an updated definition of obesity based on adiposity, not on body weight.
AB - Individuals with normal body weight by body mass index (BMI) and high body fat percentage show a high degree of metabolic dysregulation. This phenomenon, defined as normal weight obesity, is associated with a significantly higher risk of developing metabolic syndrome, cardiometabolic dysfunction and with higher mortality. Recently, we have also shown that coronary artery disease patients with normal BMI and central obesity have the highest mortality risk as compared to other adiposity patterns. Therefore, it is important to recognize these high-risk groups for better adiposity-based risk stratification. There is a need for an updated definition of obesity based on adiposity, not on body weight.
KW - Body fat percentage
KW - Central obesity
KW - Metabolically obese normal weight
KW - Normal weight obesity
KW - Obesity
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U2 - 10.1016/j.pcad.2013.10.003
DO - 10.1016/j.pcad.2013.10.003
M3 - Article
C2 - 24438734
AN - SCOPUS:84892446007
SN - 0033-0620
VL - 56
SP - 426
EP - 433
JO - Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases
JF - Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases
IS - 4
ER -