METABOLIC OBESITY CARDIOVASCULAR RISK EPIDEMIOLOGY

Apr 19 2026HEALTH

Healthy Weight and Heart Risk: What the 20‑Year Study Reveals

The ATTICA study followed more than a thousand adults from 2002 to 2022, tracking who developed heart problems over two decades. Researchers looked closely at people carrying extra weight but still showing no metabolic issues, a group called metabolically healthy obesity (MHO). They wanted to see if

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