Association between being metabolically healthy/unhealthy and metabolic syndrome in Iranian adults.
Ozra Tabatabaei MalazySahar Saeedi MoghaddamMasoud MasinaeiNazila RezaeiSahar Mohammadi FatehArezou Dilmaghani-MarandElham AbdolhamidiFarideh RaziPatricia KhashayarAlireza MahdavihezavehSiamak Mirab SamieeBagher LarijaniFarshad FarzadfarPublished in: PloS one (2022)
BMI aside, an additional set of criteria such as metabolic markers should be taken into account to identify normal weight but metabolically unhealthy individuals. Given the highest prevalence of dyslipidemia among obese subjects, further interventions are required to raise public awareness, promote healthy lifestyles and establish lipid clinics.