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OLD GREENWICH, CONN. -- Metformin gave only a modest additional benefit to a 12-week program of nutritional counseling for obese nondiabetic children and their families, Dr. Radhika Purushothaman reported at a meeting of the Eastern Society for Pediatric Research.
Given the rising incidence of obesity, insulin resistance, and diabetes among children and adolescents, physicians and clinical researchers are trying just about everything to get a handle on these problems. Metformin and other insulin-sensitizing drugs may be helpful, but the high prevalence of gastrointestinal side effects and the fact that these drug therapies are...
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