Metabolically healthy obesity across the life course: epidemiology, determinants, and implications

CM Phillips - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, different subphenotypes of obesity have been described, including
metabolically healthy obesity (MHO), in which a proportion of obese individuals, despite …

Defining metabolically healthy obesity in children: a scoping review

S Damanhoury, AS Newton, M Rashid… - Obesity …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We conducted a scoping review to identify definitions of metabolically healthy obesity
(MHO), describe gaps in the literature, and establish a universal definition of MHO in …

Metabolically healthy obesity from childhood to adulthood—does weight status alone matter?

S Blüher, P Schwarz - Metabolism, 2014 - Elsevier
Up to 30% of obese people do not display the “typical” metabolic obesity-associated
complications. For this group of patients, the term “metabolically healthy obese (MHO)” has …

Children with metabolically healthy obesity: a review

R Vukovic, TJ Dos Santos, M Ybarra… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Children with “metabolically healthy obesity”(MHO) are a distinct subgroup of youth with
obesity, who are less prone to the clustering of cardiometabolic risk factors. Although this …

Does family history of obesity, cardiovascular, and metabolic diseases influence onset and severity of childhood obesity?

D Corica, T Aversa, M Valenzise, MF Messina… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Objectives The objectives were to evaluate (1) the metabolic profile and cardiometabolic risk
in overweight/obese children at first assessment, stratifying patients according to severity of …

Cardiovascular risk factors associated with the metabolically healthy obese (MHO) phenotype compared to the metabolically unhealthy obese (MUO) phenotype in …

S Genovesi, L Antolini, A Orlando, L Gilardini… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Background: In pediatric age the prevalence of obesity is high. Obese children who do not
have other risk factors than excess weight have been defined as “metabolically healthy …

Consequences of obesity and weight loss: a devil's advocate position

RE Brown, JL Kuk - obesity reviews, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Obesity is associated with multiple negative health consequences and current weight
management guidelines recommend all obese persons to lose weight. However, recent …

Risk factors, cutoff points, and definition of metabolically healthy/unhealthy obesity in children and adolescents: A scoping review of the literature

B Abiri, M Valizadeh, S Amini, R Kelishadi… - Obesity …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Diagnosis of metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) and its definition do not have universal
criteria in the pediatric age group. Hence, this scoping review aims to identify the …

Metabolically healthy obesity in children enrolled in the CANadian Pediatric Weight management Registry (CANPWR): An exploratory secondary analysis of baseline …

S Damanhoury, KM Morrison, R Mian… - Clinical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Our study purpose was to determine the prevalence of metabolically healthy obesity (MHO)
and examine factors associated with MHO in children with obesity. This cross‐sectional …

The bigger, the stronger? Insights from muscle architecture and nervous characteristics in obese adolescent girls

S Garcia-Vicencio, E Coudeyre, V Kluka… - International journal of …, 2016 - nature.com
Background: Young obese youth are generally stronger than lean youth. This has been
linked to the loading effect of excess body mass, acting as a training stimulus comparable to …