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ArticleF1000 biology reports2009

'Functional' body composition: differentiating between benign and non-benign obesity.

Manfred J Müller, Anja Bosy-Westphal, Martin Heller

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Article in F1000 biology reports, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Manfred J MüllerInstitut für Humanernährung und Lebensmittelkunde, Agrar- und Ernährungswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Düsternbrooker Weg 17-19, D-24105 Kiel, Germany. mmueller@nutrfoodsc.uni-kiel.de
Anja Bosy-Westphal
Martin Heller

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent body composition analyses, together with assessments of insulin resistance, aerobic fitness, and intima-media thickness of the common carotid artery, have shown that metabolically-benign obese subjects have a similar BMI, waist circumference, and subcutaneous abdominal fat compared with non-metabolically-benign obese subjects. Research has suggested that 25-30% of the obese population do not need either treatment or prevention of secondary disorders. Therefore, assessment of functional body composition should replace nutritional status-based risk assessments (such as the body mass index) in both metabolic research and clinical decision making. The concept of 'functional' body composition gives us a more sophisticated view on nutritional status, metabolism, endocrinology, and diseases. Knowledge of detailed body composition enables characterization of biomedical traits which will give functional evidence relating genetic variants.

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PMCPMC2948251

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