Dangers and Long-Term Outcomes in Metabolically Healthy Obesity: The Impact of the Missing Fitness Component

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 May 1;71(17):1866-1868. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.02.057.

Authors

Prakash Deedwania¹, Carl J Lavie²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology/Internal Medicine, University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California. Electronic address: deed@fresno.ucsf.edu.
² Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School, The University of Queensland School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.

PMID: 29699612
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.02.057

No abstract available

Keywords: cardiometabolic; cardiovascular disease; fitness; metabolic syndrome; obesity; physical activity.

Publication types

Editorial
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MeSH terms

Cardiovascular Diseases*
Humans
Metabolic Syndrome*
Obesity
Obesity, Metabolically Benign*
Risk Factors