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Adverse metabolic risk profiles in Greenlandic Inuit children compared to Danish children

Thor Munch-Andersen, K Sorensen, L B Andersen, N J Aachmann-Andersen, L Aksglaede, A Juul, J W Helge

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Abstract

During recent decades, the prevalence of metabolic morbidity has increased rapidly in adult Greenlandic Inuit. To what extent this is also reflected in the juvenile Inuit population is unknown. The objective was, therefore, in the comparison with Danish children, to evaluate metabolic profiles in Greenlandic Inuit children from the capital in the southern and from the northern most villages
Original languageEnglish
JournalObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)
Volume21
Issue number6
Pages (from-to)1226-31
Number of pages6
ISSN1930-7381
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2013

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