Published online May 2, 2005
PEDIATRICS Vol. 115 No. 5 May 2005, pp. 1441-1442 (doi:10.1542/peds.2005-0251)
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Improvement of Glucose Homeostasis After Weight Loss in Obese Children: In Reply

Thomas Reinehr, MD
Werner Andler, MD
Vestische Kinder- und Jugendklinik
University of Witten/Herdecke
45711 Datteln, Germany

Wieland Kiess, MD
Thomas Kapellen, MD
Hospital for Children and Adolescents
University of Leipzig
04317 Leipzig, Germany

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In Reply.—

We are grateful to Santoro et al for their comments and for sharing their data with us. We totally agree with their general concept and conclusion. However, it is difficult to compare our data1 with theirs. Santoro et al used other BMI percentiles (which were not defined) to define the degree of overweight than we did, because the mean SD score (SDS) BMI at baseline was 5.0 in their study. In our study, consisting of obese and extremely obese children, the median SDS BMI was 2.2. Overweight is defined by an SDS BMI of >1.3, obesity is defined by an SDS BMI of >1.9, . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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