Adherence to the Mediterranean diet as a possible additional tool to be used for screening the metabolically unhealthy obesity (MUO) phenotype

Abstract Background The terms metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) and metabolically unhealthy obesity (MUO) categorize subjects with obesity based on the presence or absence of cardio-metabolic risk factors. Detecting MUO phenotype is crucial due to the high risk of cardio-metabolic complications, r...

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Main Authors: Luigi Barrea, Ludovica Verde, Daniel Simancas-Racines, Ana Karina Zambrano, Evelyn Frias-Toral, Annamaria Colao, Silvia Savastano, Giovanna Muscogiuri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-09-01
Series:Journal of Translational Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12967-023-04546-0