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Insulin Resistance - Childhood Precursors and Adult Disease (Paperback, 2008 ed.)
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Insulin Resistance - Childhood Precursors and Adult Disease (Paperback, 2008 ed.)
Series: Contemporary Endocrinology
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In the mid 1990s, Drs. Gerald Reaven identified a constellation of
clinical findings, known variously as the metabolic syndrome,
syndrome X, insulin resistance s- drome or insulin
resistance-related disorders, that are associated with an increased
risk of heart disease and diabetes. Interest in this topic grew
rapidly, culminating in the publication by this series of the book,
Insulin Resistance and the Metabolic Syndrome X, edited by Drs.
Reaven and Laws in 1999. Since the original publication of that now
classic volume, the world's population has continued to become more
obese and sedentary and the prevalence of disorders related to
insulin resistance has continued to increase throughout the
developed and developing world. Of great concern in the last decade
is the extension of these deleterious lifestyle patterns to the
pediatric population, leading to both obesity and the appearance of
insulin resistance-related disorders in youth as well as adults.
Today, about one in three children and adolescents in the United
States is overweight or obese, and this prevalence approaches one
in two among adolescents in certain minority groups. In addition,
components of this cardiovascular risk constellation are now being
recognized in young adults, adolescents, and even children. Youth
are increasingly developing type 2 diabetes, fatty liver disease,
hypertriglyceridemia, hypertension, polycystic ovarian syndrome,
sleep apnea, orthopedic and psychiatric complications, as well as
other complications of obesity and insulin resistance.
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