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Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology 2021

12. Obesity and Weight Regulation

Orit Pinhas-Hamiel MD.

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12. Type 2 Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Lipid Metabolism

Pinhas-Hamiel Orit

PrefaceThe frequency of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) has markedly increased in the pediatric age group since the end of the 20th century. Risk-based recommendations for screening for prediabetes and T2DM have been assessed. Another approach to identifying adolescents with T2DM uses metabolomic profiling. Decreased bone mineral density was added to the multitude of complications described with a high frequency in adolescents with T2DM. Furthermore, one-fifth of...