The association between the lifestyle risk score and metabolically healthy and unhealthy obesity phenotype in Iranian women with overweight and obesity: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The evidence shows that all women with obesity do not develop metabolic complications thus, they may be metabolically healthy. The lifestyle factors in combination may influence obesity phenotypes including metabolically healthy and unhealthy obesity. While previous studies examined associations between single lifestyle factors and obesity phenotype, no previous study has examined associations between lifestyle risk score (LRS) and obesity phenotypes. This study for the first time created the LRS which is a combination of lifestyle factors and investigated the LRS in relation to various obesity phenotypes among women with overweight and obesity.

Methods

This cross-sectional study analyzed 278 women referred to health centers of the Tehran University of Medical Sci

SUBMITTER: Ebrahimi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11868931 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature