Metabolic Risk Factors Associated with Visceral and Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue in a Sex-Specific Manner in Seven-Year-Olds.

CONCLUSIONS: Insulin resistance was associated with abdominal adipose tissue and its associated metabolic risk factors in children as young as 7 years old.
PMID: 31004397 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Obesity - April 18, 2019 Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Authors: Kjellberg E, Roswall J, Andersson J, Bergman S, Karlsson AK, Svensson PA, Kullberg J, Dahlgren J Tags: Obesity (Silver Spring) Source Type: research