Introduction: Efficient antiretroviral-treatment(ART) generally allows control of HIV infection. However, persons-living-with-HIV(PLWH), when ageing, present a high prevalence of metabolic diseases. Area covered: Altered adiposity, dyslipidemias, insulin resistance, diabetes and their consequences are prevalent in PLWH and could be partly related to ART. Expert opinion: At first, personal and lifestyle factors are involved in the onset of these complications. The persistence of HIV in tissue reservoirs could synergize with some ART and enhance metabolic disorders. Altered fat repartition, diagnosed as lipodystrophy, has been related to first-generation nucleoside-reverse-transcriptase-inhibitors(NRTIs) (stavudine zidovudine) and some protease inhibitors(PIs). Recently, use of some integraseinhibitors(INSTI) resulted in weight/fat gain, which represents a worrisome unresolved situation.Lipid parameters were affected by some first-generation NRTIs, non-NRTIs(efavirenz) but also PIs boosted by ritonavir, with increased total and LDL-cholesterol and triglycerides.Insulin resistance is common in aging PLWH, often associated with abdominal obesity.Diabetes incidence, high with first-generation-ART (zidovudine, stavudine, didanosine, indinavir) has declined with contemporary ART close to that of the general population.Metabolic syndrome, a dysmetabolic situation with central obesity and insulin resistance, and liver steatosis are common in PLWH and could indirectly result from ART-associated fat gain and insulin resistance. All these dysmetabolic situations increase the atherogenic cardiovascular risk.Before 2000, PLWH received first-generation ART, as nucleoside analogue reverse transcriptase inhibitors (thymidine NRTIs, stavudine, zidovudine, didanosine) and protease inhibitors (PI, indinavir, ritonavir, nelfinavir) responsible for marked adverse events on lipid and glucose metabolism and on adipose tissue. These ART were replaced by newer molecules presenting a markedly lower metabolic toxicity.However, some PLWH, previously treated with first-generation NRTIs, present long-lasting fat alterations with metabolic consequences [1]. Some contemporary ART as integrase inhibitors (INSTI), considered as metabolic-friendly, were recently associated with weight/fat gain. Therefore, there are remaining and evolving concerns regarding the effect of ART on metabolism and adipose tissue in PLWH.As a consequence of the metabolic effects of some ART, increased prevalence of cardiovascular diseases (CVD), particularly atherosclerotic CVD[2] and diabetes, has been reported, but differ according to the calendar years and the geographic area. It is important to consider the metabolic profile of each patients to adapt ART. If required, classical lipid and glucose-lowering medications are prescribed.