Metabolically healthy but obese individuals.

摘要

A subset of obese individuals seems to be protected against obesity-related metabolic complications. These individuals are described as metabolically healthy but obese, or as b.aving uncomplicated obesity, or metabolically benign" obesity. Despite having excessive body fat, people who are metabolically healthy but obese have favourable metabolic profiles, characterised by remarkably high insulin sensitivity, no sign of hypertension, and normal lipid, inflammation, and hormonal profiles (low triglycerides and C-reactive protein concentrations and high HDL cholesterol and adiponectin concentrations).