Increased odds of having the metabolic syndrome with greater fat‐free mass: counterintuitive results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey database

• Main Authors: Jean‐Christophe Lagacé (Author), Alexis Marcotte‐Chenard (Author), Jasmine Paquin (Author), Dominic Tremblay (Author), Martin Brochu (Author), Isabelle J. Dionne (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2022-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background It is well established that body composition influences metabolic health, but emerging data are conflicting with the largely purported idea that a large fat‐free mass (FFM) has a protective effect on health. A potential explanation for these discrepancies is the way FFM is repres...