Associations between insulin and glucose concentrations and anthropometric measures of fat mass in Australian adolescents

• Main Authors: Denney-Wilson Elizabeth (Author), Cowell Christopher T (Author), Okely Anthony D (Author), Hardy Louise L (Author), Aitken Robert (Author), Dobbins Timothy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2010-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>One of the most serious, yet common co-morbidities of obesity is insulin resistance, which if untreated may progress to type 2 diabetes. This paper describes the insulin and glucose concentration distributions, the prevalence of elev...