Normal weight obesity – therapeutic implications

Andrzej Milewicz; Eliza Kubicka

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Normal weight obesity – therapeutic implications

Andrzej Milewicz

,

Eliza Kubicka

Online publish date: 2011/03/17

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Nonobese individuals who have metabolic complications related to obesity, called metabolically obese normal weight (MONW), need prevention due to higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Optimal treatment should include exercise training, dietary behavior modification, and, if these measures prove insufficient or unsatisfactory, also pharmacotherapy (metformin, lipid-lowering drugs, and antihypertensive). The issue of early identification of people who need special prevention, due to increased mortality connected to type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases, is particularly important and requires further studies.

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Normal weight obesity – therapeutic implications

Andrzej Milewicz , Eliza Kubicka

obesity phenotypes, metabolically obese normal weight (MONW), metformin

Andrzej Milewicz

,

Eliza Kubicka