Health-care professionals must be educated about the existence of obese individuals who are metabolically healthy and normal-weight individuals who are metabolically unhealthy. A better understanding of obesity subgroups could provide new insights into the development of cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes mellitus and help chose adequate treatments.
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Karelis, A. To be obese—does it matter if you are metabolically healthy?. Nat Rev Endocrinol 7, 699–700 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrendo.2011.181
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