Hepatic Insulin Clearance Increases after Weight Loss in Obese Children and Adolescents

Obesity is a rapidly increasing health problem among US youth. Hyperinsulinemia is associated with obesity and has been found to be a contributory factor for the development of cardiovascular disease in the obese. It has been suggested that hyperinsulinemia of obesity is a result of increased insuli...

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Veröffentlicht in:The American journal of the medical sciences 1999-05, Vol.317 (5), p.282-286
Hauptverfasser: Escobar, Oscar, Mizuma, Haruo, Sothern, Melinda S., Blecker, Uwe, Udall, John N., Suskind, Robert M., Hilton, Charles, Vargas, Alfonso
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Zusammenfassung:Obesity is a rapidly increasing health problem among US youth. Hyperinsulinemia is associated with obesity and has been found to be a contributory factor for the development of cardiovascular disease in the obese. It has been suggested that hyperinsulinemia of obesity is a result of increased insulin secretion caused by insulin resistance. However, it has been shown in adults that decreased hepatic insulin clearance (HIC) is the primary cause of hyperinsulinemia in this population. We studied 15 obese children and adolescents (11 F, 4 M; 8.6 to 18.1 years) before and 10 weeks after their enrollment in a multidisciplinary weight reduction program, which included a protein-sparing modified fast, a moderate intensity progressive exercise program, and a behavior-modification intervention. All patients lost weight (P
ISSN:0002-9629
1538-2990
DOI:10.1016/S0002-9629(15)40529-4