Review Article

Does Inflammation Determine Whether Obesity Is Metabolically Healthy or Unhealthy? The Aging Perspective

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Differences between metabolically healthy and unhealthy obesity and similarities with aging. The hallmarks of metabolically healthy obesity are depicted and associate poorly with comorbidities while metabolically unhealthy obesity shares similarities with the aging process and are both associated with increased prevalence to pathologies and chronic conditions. BMI: body mass index; CVD: cardiovascular diseases.
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