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Baqai Inst. Diabetology & Endocrinology, Karachi
Arm fat percentage might be good tool to assess risk in South Asian children
July 6th, 2005
Arm fat percentage might be a good tool to assess metabolic risk in South Asian children.
"Observations on associations between fatness and metabolic risks among South-East Asian adults have resulted in devising lower thresholds of body mass index (BMI) for them. Metabolic abnormalities, including type 2 diabetes, are now also appearing in children and are associated with obesity," scientists writing in the Journal of Health Population and Nutrition reported recently.
According to A. Basit and colleagues, Baqai Institute Diabetology & Endocrinology in Karachi, Pakistan explained, "There has not been much work done to identify...
Source: Biotech Week (2005-07-06)
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