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Metabolically healthy obesity - heterogeneity in definitions and unconventional factors

dc.contributor.authorBrandão, Inês
dc.contributor.authorMartins, Maria João
dc.contributor.authorMonteiro, Rosário
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-27T13:08:43Z
dc.date.available2020-03-27T13:08:43Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractThe concept of heterogeneity among obese individuals in their risk for developing metabolic dysfunction and associated complications has been recognized for decades. At the origin of the heterogeneity idea is the acknowledgement that individuals with central obesity are more prone to developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease than those with peripheral obesity. There have been attempts to categorize subjects according to their metabolic health and degree of obesity giving rise to different obese and non-obese phenotypes that include metabolically unhealthy normal-weight (MUHNW), metabolically healthy obese (MHO), and metabolically unhealthy obese (MUO). Individuals belonging to the MHO phenotype are obese according to their body mass index although exhibiting fewer or none metabolic anomalies such as type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia, hypertension, and/or unfavorable inflammatory and fribinolytic profiles. However, some authors claim that MHO is only transient in nature. Additionally, the phenotype categorization is controversial as it lacks standardized definitions possibly blurring the distinction between obesity phenotypes and confounding the associations with health outcomes. To add to the discussion, the factors underlying the origin or protection from metabolic deterioration and cardiometabolic risk for these subclasses are being intensely investigated and several hypotheses have been put forward. In the present review, we compare the different definitions of obesity phenotypes and present several possible factors underlying them (adipose tissue distribution and cellularity, contaminant accumulation on the adipose tissue, dysbiosis and metabolic endotoxemia imposing on to the endocannabinoid tone and inflammasome, and nutrient intake and dietary patterns) having inflammatory activation at the center.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/metabo10020048pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.11/6992
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.subjectAdipocyte hypertrophypt_PT
dc.subjectMetabolic inflammationpt_PT
dc.subjectObesity phenotypespt_PT
dc.subjectMetabolically healthy obese phenotypept_PT
dc.subjectMetabolically unhealthy normal-weight phenotypept_PT
dc.subjectMetabolically unhealthy obese phenotypept_PT
dc.subjectPersistent organic pollutantspt_PT
dc.subjectGut microbiotapt_PT
dc.subjectInflammasomept_PT
dc.subjectEndocannabinoid systempt_PT
dc.titleMetabolically healthy obesity - heterogeneity in definitions and unconventional factorspt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.issue2pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage48pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleMetabolitespt_PT
oaire.citation.volume10pt_PT
person.familyNameSimões Brandão
person.givenNameMaria Inês
person.identifier.ciencia-idD913-F47A-931B
person.identifier.orcid0000-0003-3767-9515
rcaap.rightsrestrictedAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT
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