Is normal weight obesity (NWO) associated with systemic inflammation compared to relying on BMI alone?
Normal weight obesity is associated with systemic inflammation, suggesting that body fat percentage should be considered alongside BMI to accurately assess cardiometabolic risk.
In this cross-sectional study, NWO was associated with inflammation, although causality cannot be inferred. Reliance on BMI alone may misclassify cardiometabolic risk therefore BF% should be considered in clinical assessments.
Liu‐Galvin et al. (Tue,) studied this question.