Published online May 2, 2005
PEDIATRICS Vol. 115 No. 5 May 2005, pp. 1441 (doi:10.1542/peds.2005-0139)
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Improvement of Glucose Homeostasis After Weight Loss in Obese Children

Nicola Santoro, MD
Michele Di Nardo, MD
Alessandra Amato, MD
Laura Perrone, MD
Emanuele Miraglia del Giudice, MD
Seconda Università di Napoli
Department of Pediatrics
Via L. De Crecchio no. 4
80138 Napoli, Italy

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To the Editor.—

We read with great interest the Pediatrics article by Reinehr et al.1 The authors provided important information about the changes in insulin sensitivity in obese children and adolescents according to degree of weight loss,1 showing that a decrease of at least 0.5 of SD score BMI (mean: –0.67; ~30% of those who were . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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