Obesity Research & Clinical Practice
Volume 6, Issue 1 , Pages e1-e8 , January 2012

Association between insulin resistance, cardiovascular risk factors and overweight in Japanese schoolchildren

  • Chie Fujii

      Affiliations

    • Department of School Health Sciences, Aichi University of Education, 1 Hirosawa, Igaya-cho, Kariya, Aichi 448-8542, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 566 26 2499; fax: +81 566 26 2499.
    • ,
  • Hisataka Sakakibara

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health and Community Nursing, Nagoya University School of Health Sciences, Aichi, Japan

Received 9 February 2011 ,Revised 8 April 2011 ,Accepted 12 April 2011.

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doi: 10.1016/j.orcp.2011.04.002

Obesity Research & Clinical Practice
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