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Childhood Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Childhood Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

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Childhood Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

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Full title

Childhood Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Publisher

Elk Grove Village, IL: Am Acad Pediatrics

Journal title

Pediatrics (Evanston), 2005-08, Vol.116 (2), p.473-480

Language

English

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Publisher

Elk Grove Village, IL: Am Acad Pediatrics

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Scope and Contents

Contents

Until recently, the majority of cases of diabetes mellitus among children and adolescents were immune-mediated type 1a diabetes. Obesity has led to a dramatic increase in the incidence of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) among children and adolescents over the past 2 decades. Obesity is strongly associated with insulin resistance, which, when coupled with re...

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Full title

Childhood Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_68438914

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_68438914

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ISSN

0031-4005

E-ISSN

1098-4275

DOI

10.1542/peds.2004-2536

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