Does Inflammation Determine Whether Obesity Is Metabolically Healthy or Unhealthy? The Aging Perspective

Obesity is a major health issue in developed as well as developing countries. While obesity is associated with relatively good health status in some individuals, it may become a health issue for others. Obesity in the context of inflammation has been studied extensively. However, whether obesity in...

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Autores principales: Alam, Iftikhar, Ng, Tze Pin, Larbi, Anis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3471463/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23091306
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/456456
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description Obesity is a major health issue in developed as well as developing countries. While obesity is associated with relatively good health status in some individuals, it may become a health issue for others. Obesity in the context of inflammation has been studied extensively. However, whether obesity in its various forms has the same adverse effects is a matter of debate and requires further research. During its natural history, metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) converts into metabolically unhealthy obesity (MUHO). What causes this transition to occur and what is the role of obesity-related mediators of inflammation during this transition is discussed in this paper.
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spelling pubmed-34714632012-10-22 Does Inflammation Determine Whether Obesity Is Metabolically Healthy or Unhealthy? The Aging Perspective Alam, Iftikhar Ng, Tze Pin Larbi, Anis Mediators Inflamm Review Article Obesity is a major health issue in developed as well as developing countries. While obesity is associated with relatively good health status in some individuals, it may become a health issue for others. Obesity in the context of inflammation has been studied extensively. However, whether obesity in its various forms has the same adverse effects is a matter of debate and requires further research. During its natural history, metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) converts into metabolically unhealthy obesity (MUHO). What causes this transition to occur and what is the role of obesity-related mediators of inflammation during this transition is discussed in this paper. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-10-04 /pmc/articles/PMC3471463/ /pubmed/23091306 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/456456 Text en Copyright © 2012 Iftikhar Alam et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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