Table 1.

Consensus-based definition of MHO in children (13).

Only children with all of the following criteria fulfilled are classified as MHO
BMI-SDS	> +2 SD (using the WHO growth charts)
HDL	>40 mg/dl (>1.03 mmol/l)
Triglycerides	≤ 150 mg/dl (≤1.7 mmol/l)
Blood pressure (systolic and diastolic)	≤90th percentile
A measure of glycemia	Fasting plasma glucose ≤100 mg/dl (≤5.6 mmol/l) (the most commonly used euglycemia criterion)

MHO, metabolically healthy obesity; BMI-SDS, body mass index standard deviation score; HDL, high density lipoprotein.