Factors related to overweight and obese populations maintaining metabolic health

• Published in: PeerJ (San Francisco, CA) CA), 2022-04, Vol.10, p.e13242-e13242, Article e13242
• Main Authors: Lin, Yi-Hsuan, Chang, Hsiao-Ting, Tseng, Yen-Han, Chen, Harn-Shen, Chiang, Shu-Chiung, Chen, Tzeng-Ji, Hwang, Shinn-Jang
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Age; Alcohol; Analysis; Blood pressure; Body mass index; Body weight; Cardiovascular diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases - complications; Cholesterol; Cigarette smoking; Cigarettes; Development and progression; Diabetes; Diabetes and Endocrinology; Diabetes mellitus (non-insulin dependent); Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - complications; Exercise; Female; Health promotion; High density lipoprotein; Humans; Hyperglycemia; Hypertension; Hypertriglyceridemia; Insulin; Lipoproteins; Male; Metabolic disorders; Metabolic health; Metabolic Sciences; Metabolism; Middle Aged; Obesity; Obesity - epidemiology; Obesity, Metabolically Benign - epidemiology; Overweight; Overweight - epidemiology; Physical activity; Questionnaires; Risk Factors; Smoking; Taiwan; Type 2 diabetes; Waist circumference
• ISSN: 2167-8359; 2167-8359
• DOI: 10.7717/peerj.13242

For people who are overweight or obese, maintaining a metabolically healthy status can decrease the risks of developing cardiovascular diseases and Type 2 diabetes. Despite this, only a limited amount of research has discussed the metabolically healthy overweight and obesity (MHOO) population in Asia and the factors associated with them maintaining their metabolic health. This study enrolled 195 MHOO participants from communities in northern Taiwan during 2009-2010 (baseline). Of the 195 participants, 89 completed the follow-up assessment after a median follow-up time of nine years. Body type was determined by body mass index (BMI, kg/m ). We defined overweight as a BMI ≥ 24 kg/m and