The concept of normal weight obesity.
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.
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
Estefania
E
Oliveros
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
Virend K
VK
Somers
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic.
Ondrej
O
Sochor
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
Kashish
K
Goel
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. Electronic address: lopez@mayo.edu.
Francisco
F
Lopez-Jimenez
D001823:Body Composition; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009765:Obesity / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D011379:Prognosis; D012016:Reference Values; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016019:Survival Analysis
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