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    Epidemiology of overweight and obesity among school children and adolescents in three provinces of central Italy, 1993–2001: study of potential influencing variables

    Objective: The prevalence of overweight and obesity was estimated among the school children and adolescents of three provinces of central Italy, and the role of several possible influencing factors was analysed.

    F Celi, V Bini, G De Giorgi, D Molinari in European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2003)

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    Large incidence variation of Type I diabetes in central-southern Italy 1990–1995: lower risk in rural areas

    Aims/hypothesis. To evaluate the relation between the incidence of childhood Type I (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus and the degree of urbanization in the central-southern part of Italy. Met...

    V. Cherubini, F. Carle, R. Gesuita, A. Iannilli, J. Tuomilehto, F. Prisco in Diabetologia (1999)

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    Fasting serum leptin levels in the analysis of body mass index cut-off values: are they useful for overweight screening in children and adolescents? A school population-based survey in three provinces of central Italy

    OBJECTIVE: Body mass index (BMI) was determined in a population of school students from three provinces of central Italy. Fasting serum leptin concentrations were assayed in a large number of subjects from the...

    A Falorni, G Galmacci, V Bini, F Papi, D Molinari in International Journal of Obesity (1998)