Insulin resistance: childhood precursors and adult disease

The prevalence of disorders related to insulin resistance has continued to increase throughout the developed and developing world. The world’s population has continued to become more obese and sedentary. Of great concern in the last decade is the extension of these deleterious lifestyle patterns to the pediatric population, leading to both obesity and the appearance of insulin resistance-related disorders in youth as well as adults. Insulin Resistance: Childhood Precursors and Adult Disease presents topics related to insulin resistance andits consequences across the lifespan. In the first section of the book examining epidemiology, the contributors review controversies over the definition ofmetabolic syndrome in adults and children, current knowledge regarding the epidemiology of insulin resistance in the pediatric population and the contributions of the prenatal and early childhood environment to the development of insulin resistance. INDICE: From the contents The metabolic syndrome: definitions, controversies, and clinical utility.- Epidemiology of the Metabolic syndrome and related disorders in children and adolescents.- Metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents worldwide.- Maternal-fetal contributors to the insulin resistance syndrome in youth.- Early childhood contributions to insulin resistance.- Molecular Mechanisms of insulin resistance.- Techniques used to assess insulin action.- Adiposity is the enemy: body composition and insulin sensitivity.- Ectopic fat deposition: adiponectin and insulin resistance in obese adolescents.- Mediators of insulin resistance.- Insulin resistance and the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease.- Insulin Resistance and Cardiovascular disease.- The liver and insulin resistance: the important convergence of endocrinology and hepatology.- Polycystic ovarian syndrome and metabolic syndrome.

• ISBN: 978-1-58829-875-1
• Editorial: Humana
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 430
• Fecha Publicación: 01/08/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés