- ►endojournals.org MI Goran, GDC Ball, ML Cruz - Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2003 - Endocrine Soc Overweight/obesity continues to increase in children and adolescents, and annual
obesity-related hospital costs in 6–17 yr olds have reached $127 million per
year. Overweight children and adolescents are now being diagnosed with ... Cited by 304 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►endojournals.org ML Cruz, MJ Weigensberg, TTK Huang, G Ball … - Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2004 - Endocrine Soc The prevalence of the metabolic syndrome is highest among Hispanic adults.
However, studies exploring the metabolic syndrome in overweight Hispanic youth
are lacking. Subjects were 126 overweight children (8–13 yr of age) with ... Cited by 301 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
- ►diabetes.com.au [PDF] - Free from Publisher G Alberti, P Zimmet, J Shaw, Z Bloomgarden, … - Diabetes Care, 2004 - Am Diabetes Assoc The overall global prevalence of type 2 diabetes is rising steadily. Previously,
type 2 diabetes was predominantly a disease of middle-aged and older people. In
recent decades, the age of onset has decreased and type 2 diabetes has been ... Cited by 142 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
- ►diabetesjournals.org LS Conwell, SG Trost, WJ Brown, JA Batch - Diabetes Care, 2004 - Am Diabetes Assoc RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—Eighteen obese children and adolescents (11 girls
and 7 boys, mean age 12.2 ± 2.4 years, mean BMI 35.4 ± 6.2 kg/m 2 , mean
BMI-SDS 3.5 ± 0.5, 7 prepubertal and 11 pubertal) participated in the ... Cited by 134 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
- ►fetalneonatal.com RM Viner, TY Segal, E Lichtarowicz-Krynska, … - Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2005 - fetalneonatal.com Results: There were 67 girls (65%). BMI z-score ranged from 1.65 to 6.15, with
72% having a z-score 3.0. Abnormal glucose homoeostasis was identified in 46%
(hyperinsulinism in 40%, impaired fasting glucose in 0.8%, impaired glucose ... Cited by 137 - Related articles - All 10 versions
SK Tate, DB Goldstein - Nature Genetics, 2004 - isites.harvard.edu Throughout much of the world, 'race' and 'ethnicity' are key determinants of
health. For example, African Americans have, by some estimates, a twofold higher
incidence of fatal heart attacks and a 10% higher incidence of cancer1,2 ... Cited by 105 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 12 versions
- ►endojournals.org MI Goran, RN Bergman, Q Avila, M Watkins, … - Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2004 - Endocrine Soc The objective of this study was to examine relationships between impaired
glucose tolerance (IGT) and body composition and insulin-related phenotypes in
150 overweight Latino children with a family history of type 2 diabetes. ... Cited by 106 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►ahajournals.org AR Sinaiko, J Steinberger, A Moran, RJ … - Circulation, 2005 - Am Heart Assoc From the Department of Pediatrics (ARS, JS, AM), University of Minnesota Medical
School, Minneapolis; the Department of Public Health Sciences (RJP), Wake Forest
University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC; the Department of Public ... Cited by 83 - Related articles - All 11 versions
- Free from Publisher JM Lee, MJ Okumura, MM Davis, WH Herman, … - Diabetes Care, 2006 - Am Diabetes Assoc RESULTS—In adjusted regression models that included age and weight status,
girls had higher HOMA-IR than boys and Mexican-American children had higher
HOMA-IR levels than white children. There were no significant differences ... Cited by 66 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
BE del Rıo-Navarro, O Velázquez-Monroy, CP … - Obesity research, 2004 - lemonworld.com Introduction Children's obesity is a global nutritional issue with an increasing
prevalence. In the US, prevalences of over- weight have been increasing
progressively from 4% to 11% in 6 to 11 year olds between 1960 to 1970 and ... Cited by 63 - Related articles - View as HTML - BL Direct - All 5 versions
