Defining metabolically healthy obesity in children: a scoping review

S Damanhoury, AS Newton, M Rashid… - Obesity …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We conducted a scoping review to identify definitions of metabolically healthy obesity
(MHO), describe gaps in the literature, and establish a universal definition of MHO in …

Children with metabolically healthy obesity: a review

R Vukovic, TJ Dos Santos, M Ybarra… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Children with “metabolically healthy obesity”(MHO) are a distinct subgroup of youth with
obesity, who are less prone to the clustering of cardiometabolic risk factors. Although this …

Risk factors, cutoff points, and definition of metabolically healthy/unhealthy obesity in children and adolescents: A scoping review of the literature

B Abiri, M Valizadeh, S Amini, R Kelishadi… - Obesity …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Diagnosis of metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) and its definition do not have universal
criteria in the pediatric age group. Hence, this scoping review aims to identify the …

Children with metabolically healthy obesity have a worse metabolic profile compared to normal-weight peers: A cross-sectional study

A Serbis, V Giapros, SA Paschou, E Siomou - Endocrine, 2021 - Springer
Purpose A phenotype of metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) has been described in youth
with obesity, but data are still scarce in this age group. The aim of the current study was to …