Taking a closer look at metabolically healthy obesity COMMENT

Whether or not there is a form of healthy obesity remains controversial. Contemporary imaging techniques might help answer this question. It is proposed that low levels of visceral adipose tissue and ectopic adipose tissue combined with a preferential accumulation of gluteal and femoral adipose tissue might define a 'super healthy obesity' phenotype.

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The existence of healthy obesity is controversial, but there may be a phenotype known as 'super healthy obesity' characterized by low levels of visceral and ectopic adipose tissue, combined with preferential accumulation of gluteal and femoral adipose tissue.