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There is No Such Thing as Healthy Obesity

Paul Ebeling
Last updated: June 12, 2021 3:19 pm
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“There is no such thing as healthy obesity”, a Scottish study reports.

A normal metabolic profile does not mean an obese person is healthy, because he or she has an increased risk of diabetes, heart disease, stroke and respiratory illness, University of Glasgow researchers explained.

“The term ‘metabolically healthy obesity’ should be avoided in clinical medicine as it is misleading, and different strategies for defining risk should be explored,” wrote researchers led by Frederick Ho, a research associate at the university’s Institute of Health and Wellbeing. The study was published on 10 June in the journal Diabetologia.

For the study, Professor Ho and his colleagues analyzed data from more than 381,000 people in the UK who were followed for an average 11.2 yrs.

They compared metabolically healthy people who were not obese to those who were obese but deemed metabolically healthy, meaning they did not have high blood sugar, high blood pressure, insulin resistance and other harmful metabolic changes associated with excess weight.

Compared to healthy people who were not obese, those who were metabolically healthy but obese were 4.3X more likely to have type 2 diabetes; 18% more likely to suffer heart attack or stroke; 76% more likely to develop heart failure; 28% more likely to have respiratory disease; and 19% more likely to have COPD.

Compared to metabolically unhealthy people who were not obese, those who were metabolically healthy and obese were also 28% more likely to have heart failure.

The study also found that among a subset of participants with follow-up data, 33% of those with metabolically healthy obesity at the outset became metabolically unhealthy within 3-5 yrs.

“People with metabolically healthy obesity are not ‘healthy’ as they are at higher risk of heart attack and stroke, heart failure, and respiratory diseases compared with people without obesity who have a normal metabolic profile,” the researchers said in a journal news release.

They said weight management could be beneficial to all people who are obese regardless of their metabolic profile.

Worldwide, more than 300-M people are obese. If current trends continue, that number is projected to Top 1-B by Y 2030 or 20% of the world’s adult population.

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By Paul Ebeling
Paul A. Ebeling, a polymath, excels, in diverse fields of knowledge Including Pattern Recognition Analysis in Equities, Commodities and Foreign Exchange, and he is the author of "The Red Roadmaster's Technical Report on the US Major Market Indices, a highly regarded, weekly financial market commentary. He is a philosopher, issuing insights on a wide range of subjects to over a million cohorts. An international audience of opinion makers, business leaders, and global organizations recognize Ebeling as an expert.   
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