Metabolically Healthy Overweight and Obesity
Authors: Katherine M. Flegal
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2014)

Letters1 April 2014Metabolically Healthy Overweight and ObesityKatherine M. Flegal, PhDKatherine M. Flegal, PhDFrom National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, Maryland.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/L14-5007-6 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITORKramer and colleagues (1) took data from observational studies, calculated new unadjusted RRs, and summarized the unadjusted risks. All of the summarized studies had published RRs that were adjusted for confounding factors, such as age and sex. Kramer and colleagues did not use those published RRs but instead calculated new unadjusted RRs for each study from counts of sample sizes and events. As a result, the unadjusted RRs for individual studies in this review do not match those published in the original studies.The differences are sometimes large. For example, Kramer and colleagues included results from a ...References1. Kramer CK, Zinman B, Retnakaran R. Are metabolically healthy overweight and obesity benign conditions?: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Ann Intern Med. 2013;159:758-69. [PMID: 24297192] LinkGoogle Scholar2. Kuk JL, Ardern CI. Are metabolically normal but obese individuals at lower risk for all-cause mortality? Diabetes Care. 2009;32:2297-9. [PMID: 19729521] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Fan J, Song Y, Chen Y, Hui R, Zhang W. Combined effect of obesity and cardio-metabolic abnormality on the risk of cardiovascular disease: a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies. Int J Cardiol. 2013;168:4761-8. [PMID: 23972953] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Roberson LL, Aneni EC, Maziak W, Agatston A, Feldman T, Rouseff M, et al. Beyond BMI: The "Metabolically healthy obese" phenotype & its association with clinical/subclinical cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality—a systematic review. BMC Public Health. 2014;14:14. [PMID: 24400816] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, Maryland.Disclosures: None disclosed. Forms can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=L14-0024. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoAre Metabolically Healthy Overweight and Obesity Benign Conditions? Caroline K. Kramer , Bernard Zinman , and Ravi Retnakaran Metabolically Healthy Overweight and Obesity Jean-Philippe Chaput and Arya M. Sharma Metabolically Healthy Overweight and Obesity Dorit Samocha-Bonet , Antony D. Karelis , and Rémi Rabasa-Lhoret Metabolically Healthy Overweight and Obesity Nathalie Esser , André J. Scheen , and Nicolas Paquot Metabolically Healthy Overweight and Obesity Gerson T. Lesser Metabolically Healthy Overweight and Obesity Juhee Cho , Yoosoo Chang , and Seungho Ryu Metabolically Healthy Overweight and Obesity Caroline K. Kramer , Bernard Zinman , and Ravi Retnakaran Metabolically Healthy Overweight and Obesity Dorit Samocha-Bonet , Antony D. Karelis , and Rémi Rabasa-Lhoret Metabolically Healthy Overweight and Obesity Nathalie Esser , André J. Scheen , and Nicolas Paquot Metabolically Healthy Overweight and Obesity Gerson T. Lesser Metabolically Healthy Overweight and Obesity Caroline K. Kramer , Bernard Zinman , and Ravi Retnakaran Metabolically Healthy Overweight and Obesity Juhee Cho , Yoosoo Chang , and Seungho Ryu Metabolically Healthy Overweight and Obesity Jean-Philippe Chaput and Arya M. Sharma Metrics Cited ByResveratrol intake during pregnancy and lactation re-programs adiposity and ameliorates leptin resistance in male progeny induced by maternal high-fat/high sucrose plus postnatal high-fat/high sucrose diets via fat metabolism regulationEffects of Maternal Resveratrol on Maternal High-Fat Diet/Obesity with or without Postnatal High-Fat DietMaternal Resveratrol Treatment Re-Programs and Maternal High-Fat Diet-Induced Retroperitoneal Adiposity in Male OffspringToward a critical theory of corporate wellnessA maternal high-fat diet during pregnancy and lactation, in addition to a postnatal high-fat diet, leads to metabolic syndrome with spatial learning and memory deficits: beneficial effects of resveratrol 1 April 2014Volume 160, Issue 7Page: 515-516KeywordsConflicts of interestExerciseHealth surveysNutritionObesityObservational studiesOverweight ePublished: 1 April 2014 Issue Published: 1 April 2014 CopyrightCopyright © 2014 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF DownloadLoading ...