Visceral obesity and metabolic syndrome
- 1 May 2000
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Obesity Reviews
- Vol. 1 (1) , 47-56
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1467-789x.2000.00008.x
Abstract
There is increasing evidence for the existence of a condition consisting of a cluster of metabolic disorders which include insulin resistance, alterations in glucose and lipid metabolism, increased b...Keywords
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