Third author, Arlan L. Rosenbloom, is with Univ. of Florida, Gainesville. Provides a comprehensive review of current research and developments and addresses the interrelationship of diabetes, obesity, insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome; clinical and diagnostic issues; epidemiology, pathophysiology, and genetics; and treatment.
Author(s): Martin Silink, Kaichi Kida, Arlan L. Rosenbloom
Edition: 1
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Year: 2003
Language: English
Commentary: 61600
Pages: 273
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Contributors......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Introduction global evolution of diabetes in children and adolescents......Page 10
Diagnosis and classification of type 2 diabetes in childhood and adolescence......Page 18
Type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents in North America......Page 46
Type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents in Asia......Page 60
Childhood and adolescent obesity......Page 76
Insulin resistance and insulin secretion in childhood and adolescence: their role in type 2 diabetes in youth......Page 102
In-utero undernutrition and glucose homeostasis later in life......Page 126
Clinical manifestations of the metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes in childhood and adolescence......Page 150
Treatment of type 2 diabetes......Page 170
Long-term outcome of type 2 diabetes in adolescence......Page 196
The genetics of type 2 diabetes, MODY, and other syndromes......Page 220
Index......Page 264
