References

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Wikipedia: BMI

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"...meta-analysis in sample of 82 864 individuals... In age- and sex-adjusted models only, BMI was related to [cardiovascular disease] mortality but not in any other analyses... In conclusion, [waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio], but not BMI, were related to an increased risk of [cardiovascular disease] mortality. " Czernichow, S., Kengne, A.-P., Stamatakis, E., Hamer, M., & Batty, G. D. (2011). Body mass index, waist circumference and waist-hip ratio: which is the better discriminator of cardiovascular disease mortality risk?: evidence from an individual-participant meta-analysis of 82 864 participants from nine cohort studies. Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity, 12(9), 680–7. doi:10.1111/j.1467-789X.2011.00879.x

"...metabolically healthy, but obese (MHO), despite having large amounts of fat mass compared with at risk obese individuals shows a normal metabolic profile, but remarkably normal to high levels of insulin sensitivity. Preliminary evidence suggests that this could be due at least in part to lower visceral fat levels and earlier onset of obesity. A second subset, termed the metabolically obese, but normal weight (MONW), present with normal body mass index, but have significant risk factors for diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular disease, which could be due to higher fat mass and plasma triglycerides as well as higher visceral fat and liver content..." Karelis, A. D., St-Pierre, D. H., Conus, F., Rabasa-Lhoret, R., & Poehlman, E. T. (2004). Metabolic and body composition factors in subgroups of obesity: what do we know? The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, 89(6), 2569–75. doi:10.1210/jc.2004-0165