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Diabetes Congress 2019
Journal of Diabetology | Volume 3
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June 24-25, 2019 | Philadelphia, USA
DIABETES, ENDOCRINOLOGY, NUTRITION
AND NURSING MANAGEMENT
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PREVALENCE OF METABOLICALLY HEALTHY OBESITY AMONGST EDUCATED
NORTH-INDIAN YOUTH
Indu Saxena
1
, Manoj Kumar
2
and
NavitaPurohit
3
1
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
2
TS Misra Medical College, India
3
Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, India
T
he World Health Organization reported 1.9 billion adults as overweight in 2016, of which over 650 million
were obese. Obesity is known to be associated with increased risk of non-communicable diseases like type
2 diabetes mellitus, osteoarthritis, cardiovascular diseases, musculoskeletal dysfunction, pancreatitis, gall blad-
der disease and certain types of cancers. However, all obese individuals are not affected and are said to have
metabolically healthy obesity. Metabolically healthy obesity is a transient state and may progress to metabol-
ically unhealthy obesity. The duration of metabolically healthy obesity cannot be predicted as it is different in
different individuals. In this study author has estimated the prevalence of MHO amongst educated North Indi-
an young adults. A total of 374 persons (189 female) of the age group 18-29 years were classified on the basis
of their body mass index (BMI, in kg/m2) into normal (BMI 18.0-22.9), overweight (BMI 23.0-24.9) and obese
(BMI ≥ 25) categories, defined according to consensus statement for diagnosis of obesity, abdominal obesity
and metabolic syndrome for Asian Indians. Their blood pressure, fasting blood glucose and lipid profiles were
obtained. Metabolically healthy individuals were identified as those with blood pressure < 120/80 mm of Hg,
fasting blood glucose <100 mg/dL, fasting total cholesterol <200 mg/dL, fasting triglycerides <150 mg/dL, and
fasting HDL-cholesterol >40 mg/dL. The table below shows the number and percentage of normal persons in
each category.
Category Total=374
Normal Weight
N=110
Overweight N=120 Obese N=144
Male Female Male
Female Male Female
Number
39
51
45
50
45
61
Percentage
73.6
89.5
72.6
86.2
64.3 82.4
The percentage of metabolically healthy persons declined with increase in weight and was 64.3% in male and
82.4% in female individuals with obesity.
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