{"id":157748,"date":"2023-06-29T23:35:30","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T23:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/?p=157748"},"modified":"2024-12-10T17:29:33","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T23:29:33","slug":"types-of-obesity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/health\/types-of-obesity\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the four types of obesity?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Obesity is a condition that presents different characteristics in different people. This depends on variables such as metabolism, which help to classify it into four types.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Linda Morales<\/strong>, a postdoctoral researcher at the <a href=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/tag\/institute-for-obesity-research\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tec\u2019s Institute for Obesity Research (IOR)<\/a>, explains that this condition can be subdivided into <strong>normal weight with metabolic obesity<\/strong>; <strong>obesity without metabolic compromise<\/strong>; <strong>obesity with hyperuricemia<\/strong> (with high uric acid levels); and <strong>obesity with hyperinsulinemia<\/strong> (with high insulin levels).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is about better understanding and defining the phenotypes of obesity. It has been determined that some subtypes of obesity are metabolically different from each other. Which one you have will determine different conditions in the future,\u201d explains Morales, who is part of the IOR\u2019s public policy unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Seminario- Subtipos de obesidad y sus implicaciones en la salud de la poblaci\u00f3n mexicana\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6Tw8jIN5xmU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Types of obesity<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>During the research seminar held by the IOR, the researcher presented the results of her study, which show that people who have obesity without metabolic compromise often have elevated glucose, but within normal limits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those of normal weight with metabolic obesity had very high cholesterol levels, even higher than those who were heavier. \u201c95% of the people with no metabolic compromise were women and those with uricemia (high levels of uric acid in the blood) were mostly men,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Linda highlights two objectives of her analysis: to describe the characteristics of people who are classified into each subtype of obesity and to design strategies aimed at prevention and personalized care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her research considered three clinical parameters: fasting insulin, glycosylated hemoglobin, and uric acid. Data from 1,562 people were collected as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/fundacioncarlosslim.org\/investigacion-e-innovacion\/modelo-casalud-mido\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Carlos Slim Foundation MIDO Plus<\/a> program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In her analysis, she classified 397 people with obesity and 251 with normal weight but abnormal metabolism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>More research on the way<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the conclusions of the IOR researcher is that some people with obesity may have a less harmful metabolic profile than the other subtypes. For example, people with normal weight sometimes have very harmful metabolic abnormalities that go undetected because of their physical appearance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The researcher advises that future research should also consider the mental health of participating patients. It should also identify whether it is possible to change from one subtype of obesity to another over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the 2021 National Health and Nutrition Survey, 72% of Mexican adults and 37% of children currently suffer from obesity or being overweight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to these obesity percentages, the cost of obesity to the country in 2019 was 240 billion pesos, equivalent to 2.1% of GDP. The projected cost in 2023 is 272 billion, according to data from the <a href=\"https:\/\/smobesidad.com.mx\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mexican Obesity Society<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cObesity threatens the economy. We need useful and comprehensive strategies for the prevention and management of obesity in Mexico,\u201d explains Morales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent research enables the design of strategies aimed at the prevention and personalized care of obesity. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":157749,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[224,166],"class_list":["post-157748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-health","tag-institute-for-obesity-research"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.0 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Types of obesity: what are they? | TecScience<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Recent research enables the design of strategies aimed at the prevention and personalized care of obesity.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/health\/types-of-obesity\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What are the four types of obesity?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Recent research enables the design of strategies aimed at the prevention and personalized care of obesity.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/health\/types-of-obesity\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TecScience\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-06-29T23:35:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-10T23:29:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/06\/types-of-obesity.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Daniel Melchor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Daniel Melchor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tecscience.tec.mx\\\/en\\\/health\\\/types-of-obesity\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tecscience.tec.mx\\\/en\\\/health\\\/types-of-obesity\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Daniel Melchor\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tecscience.tec.mx\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8d23afb94097012190a6aeea73edcb07\"},\"headline\":\"What are the four types of obesity?\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-29T23:35:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-10T23:29:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tecscience.tec.mx\\\/en\\\/health\\\/types-of-obesity\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":454,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tecscience.tec.mx\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tecscience.tec.mx\\\/en\\\/health\\\/types-of-obesity\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tecscience.tec.mx\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/9\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/types-of-obesity.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Health\",\"Institute for Obesity Research\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Health\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tecscience.tec.mx\\\/en\\\/health\\\/types-of-obesity\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tecscience.tec.mx\\\/en\\\/health\\\/types-of-obesity\\\/\",\"name\":\"Types of obesity: what are they? 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