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What is metabolic syndrome, and why are children getting it?

Metabolic syndrome comprises a cluster of cardiovascular risk factors (hypertension, altered glucose metabolism, dyslipidemia, and abdominal obesity) that occur in obese children. However, metabolic syndrome can also occur in lean individuals, suggesting that obesity is a marker for the syndrome, no...

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Autores principales: Weiss, Ram, Bremer, Andrew A, Lustig, Robert H
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3715098/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23356701
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nyas.12030