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Healthy overweight/obese youth: early osteosarcopenic obesity features.
European journal of clinical investigation - 1 Sept 2016
Stefanaki Charikleia, Peppa Melpomeni, Boschiero Dario, Chrousos George P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Osteosarcopenic obesity was recently described as a variant phenotype of obesity, mainly observed in old age. This nested case-control study was performed to detect the differences in body composition between young, healthy overweight/obese and healthy lean populations of both genders. Our null hypothesis was that except for the fat mass, there would be absence of body composition differences, namely...
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