Cohort Study: Metabolically Healthy Obese and Incident Cardiovascular Disease Events

Metabolically Healthy Obese and Incident Cardiovascular Disease Events Among 3.5 Million Men and Women – Journal of The American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: New evidence shows that healthy obesity is a myth – The Conversation (free) AND Study shows so-called ‘healthy obesity’ is harmful to cardiovascular heath – Medical News Today (free) AND Obesity, even without other risk factors, leads to higher rate of cardiovascular disease – STAT (free) AND Another Study Challenges Notion of ‘Healthy Obese’ – TCTMD (free)

See related article and commentaries in our August 21^st issue (see #1)