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- Title
Higher Insulin, Triglycerides, and Blood Pressure With Greater Trunk Fat in Tanner 1 Chinese.
- Authors
Qing He; Xiaojing Zhang; Suyuan He; Luxia Gong; Yungao Sun; Heshka, Stanley; Deckelbaum, Richard J.; Gallagher, Dympna
- Abstract
The article discusses a study on the body fat distribution pattern in prepubertal Chinese children and the link between central fat distribution and specific biomarkers of cardiovascular disease. It states that truncal or central body fat distribution, a characteristic of adult males that appears during puberty, is recognized as a cardiovascular risk factor in both adults and children. It was found that trunk fat was link with higher levels of insulin and triglyceride in both boys and girls.
- Subjects
FAT; HUMAN body composition; CHILDREN'S health; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases; PUBERTY; CHINESE people; INSULIN; TRIGLYCERIDES
- Publication
Obesity (19307381), 2007, Vol 15, Issue 4, p1004
- ISSN
1930-7381
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/oby.2007.599