Investigation reveals distinct metabolically healthy obesity and abnormality clustering in normal-weight individuals, suggesting new health insights.
Among US adults, there is a high prevalence of clustering of cardiometabolic abnormalities among normal-weight individuals and a high prevalence of overweight and obese individuals who are metabolically healthy. Further study into the physiologic mechanisms underlying these different phenotypes and their impact on health is needed.
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