RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Cunningham, Muriel
T1 Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity Update
JF MD Conference Express
YR 2006
FD SAGE Publications
VO 6
IS 2
SP 25
OP 28
DO 10.1177/155989770600600213
UL http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/6/2/25.abstract
AB Is the metabolic syndrome a useful tool for clinicians or is it clinically irrelevant? This article discusses the debate the merits of this collection of symptoms, childhood obesity, new paradigms of obesity and diabetes in youth, the use of pramlintide in the treatment of obesity, and stress eating.