Endocrine Abstracts

Aims: The prevalence of type 2 diabetes due to insulin resistance is increasing in puberty. Authors have investigated whether body weight excess arises only from increased fat content of the body. Different anthropometrical data were also analysed if they are able to predict degree of insulin resistance.Materials and methods: 108 obese children (50 female, 58 male, Tanner st-s1-5, mean age 12.06 years, mean BMI: 30.97 kg/m2) with positive fami...