Impaired glucose tolerance and risk factors for progression to type 2 diabetes in youth
Pediatric Diabetes, 11/15/2007
Weiss, R. - Impaired glucose tolerance and impaired fasting glucose represent two potentially reversible prediabetes conditions. Previous reports from various regions across the globe indicate that both conditions may be relatively common in obese children and adolescents. The major factor driving the development of compromised glucose metabolism in obese youth is severe insulin resistance






