Prevalence of normal weight obesity and its associated cardio-metabolic risk factors - results from the baseline data of the Kerala Diabetes Prevention Program (KDPP)

• Main Authors: Kapoor, Nitin, Lotfaliany, Mojtaba, Sathish, Thirunavukkarasu, Thankappan, Kavumpurathu R., Thomas, Nihal, Furler, John, Oldenburg, Brian, Tapp, Robyn J.
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Science::Medicine; Obesity; Body Weight
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/147088
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Background: Cardiometabolic disorders are frequently observed among those who have obesity as measured by body mass index (BMI). However, there is limited data available on the cardiometabolic profile of those who are non-obese by BMI but with a high body fat percentage (BFP), a phenotype frequently...