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| Title |
Healthy obese versus unhealthy lean: the obesity paradox
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Nature Reviews Endocrinology, September 2014
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| DOI | 10.1038/nrendo.2014.165 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Carl J. Lavie, Alban De Schutter, Richard V. Milani |
| Abstract |
Overweight and obesity have reached epidemic proportions in the USA and most of the rest of the world. Particularly concerning is the very high prevalence of class III obesity (BMI ≥40 kg/m(2)), which has reached ∼3% in the USA. In the past few years, controversy has surrounded the idea that some individuals with obesity can be considered healthy with regards to their metabolic and cardiorespiratory fitness, which has been termed the 'obesity paradox'. These controversies are reviewed in detail here, including discussion of the very favourable prognosis in patients with obesity who have no notable metabolic abnormalities and who have preserved fitness. The article also discusses the suggestion that greater emphasis should be placed on improving fitness rather than weight loss per se in the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular diseases, at least in patients with overweight and class I obesity (BMI 30-35 kg/m(2)). |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 73 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 18% |
| United Kingdom | 10 | 14% |
| Spain | 6 | 8% |
| Australia | 4 | 5% |
| Canada | 3 | 4% |
| Brazil | 2 | 3% |
| Chile | 2 | 3% |
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1 | 1% |
| South Africa | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 5 | 7% |
| Unknown | 26 | 36% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 49 | 67% |
| Scientists | 14 | 19% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 9 | 12% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 283 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1% |
| Spain | 3 | 1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Ireland | 1 | <1% |
| Denmark | 1 | <1% |
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| Nigeria | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 271 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 46 | 16% |
| Researcher | 43 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 42 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 29 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 22 | 8% |
| Other | 54 | 19% |
| Unknown | 47 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 82 | 29% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 41 | 14% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 23 | 8% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 21 | 7% |
| Sports and Recreations | 13 | 5% |
| Other | 37 | 13% |
| Unknown | 66 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 62. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 November 2023.
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