The prevalence of metabolically unhealthy phenotype in normal-weight adults is 30%, but few studies have explored the association between metabolic phenotype and colorectal cancer incidence in normal-weight individuals. Liang and colleagues used data from the Women's Health Initiative to study this association. Women with one or none of the four components (elevated triglycerides, low HDL-C, elevated blood pressure, and elevated fasting glucose) were classified as metabolically healthy. Among

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... rmal-weight women, those who were metabolically unhealthy had higher risks of colorectal cancer compared with those who were metabolically healthy.