Increased postprandial metabolic flexibility is associated with higher body fat percentages in healthy young adults
Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Previous studies have suggested that obesity blunts postprandial metabolic flexibility. By directly analyzing the effect of body composition on postprandial metabolic flexibility, we show that healthy young adults with higher body fat percentages have increased postprandial metabolic flexibility in response to concurrent hyperglycemia. This suggests a preserved, metabolically flexible phenotype in young adults with higher body fat percentages.
Institution: George Washington University
Language: English
Subfield: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4415588227