Published in

Public Library of Science, PLoS ONE, 10(8), p. e76188, 2013

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076188

Links

Tools

Export citation

Search in Google Scholar

Defining Metabolically Healthy Obesity: Role of Dietary and Lifestyle Factors

Journal article published in 2013 by Catherine M. Phillips, Christina Dillon, Janas M. Harrington ORCID, Vera J. C. McCarthy, Patricia M. Kearney, Anthony P. Fitzgerald, Ivan J. Perry
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

Full text: Download

Green circle
Preprint: archiving allowed
Upload
Green circle
Postprint: archiving allowed
Upload
Green circle
Published version: archiving allowed
Upload
Policy details
Data provided by SHERPA/RoMEO

Abstract

Background: There is a current lack of consensus on defining metabolically healthy obesity (MHO). Limited data on dietary and lifestyle factors and MHO exist. The aim of this study is to compare the prevalence, dietary factors and lifestyle behaviours of metabolically healthy and unhealthy obese and non-obese subjects according to different metabolic health criteria. Method: Cross-sectional sample of 1,008 men and 1,039 women aged 45-74 years participated in the study. Participants were classified as obese (BMI ≥30kg/m2) and non-obese (BMI