Not exact matches
Based on the emerging evidence for the existence of the very interesting extreme metabolic phenotypes metabolically
healthy obesity and metabolically unhealthy normal weight the scientist then studied the prevalence of the 4 at - risk phenotypes among the different BMI categories (normal weight, overweight, and
obese) in
subjects with NGR and prediabetes.
In a study of more than 14,000 metabolically
healthy Korean people last year, scientists found early plaque buildup in the arteries of
obese subjects more often than they did in the lean ones.
All the
obese subjects were apparently
healthy: They had normal fasting glucose levels, no obvious inflammation, and took no medicine.
Healthy lean, overweight, and
obese subjects were admitted to the Clinical Research Center at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center (New York, New York, USA) as part of a longitudinal study of the metabolic effects of weight perturbation.
More than half of the investigated sexually active
obese diabetic women and men complained about sexual dysfunction, which is much higher than in
healthy lean
subjects (342, 343).
Also bear in mind that this study was done on a relatively small sample (175
obese but otherwise
healthy Japanese
subjects) and all things considered, the weight loss over the 3 month period was fairly minimal.
A handful of studies exist showing an insulin response from just sweet taste in
healthy people, and some studies show a lot of variation in
obese subjects, as well.
In addition,
healthy,
obese subjects also express markers of inflammation in their blood.