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      The Effect of Simple Obesity on Growth and Growth Hormone

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          Simple obesity is characterized by a normal or increased growth rate with an acceleration of bone age maturation. When longitudinal growth slows down in the presence of obesity, a hormonal disturbance should be sought. Despite normal growth, simple obesity is characterized by a reduced GH secretion evaluated by standard provocative tests, the administration of GH-releasing hormone or spontaneous 24-hour secretion. In obese children GH secretion may be as low as in poorly growing children with classical GH deficiency. The endocrine abnormalities along the GH axis seem to involve complex mechanisms at the hypothalamic, pituitary and peripheral level. Recent data suggest that simple obesity is associated with an increase in GH clearance and a decrease in GH synthesis and secretion. It is also associated with high insulin and insulin-like growth factor I levels which may interfere in the complex endocrine interactions. In conclusion, simple obesity is characterized by normal growth in the presence of ‘hyposomatotropism’.

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          Journal
          HRE
          Horm Res Paediatr
          10.1159/issn.1663-2818
          Hormone Research in Paediatrics
          S. Karger AG
          978-3-8055-5924-9
          978-3-318-01776-2
          1663-2818
          1663-2826
          1993
          1993
          05 December 2008
          : 40
          : 1-3
          : 23-30
          Affiliations
          Department of Paediatrics, Division of Paediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
          Article
          183763 Horm Res 1993;40:23–30
          10.1159/000183763
          8300046
          c352b8f7-67cd-45f4-b6f4-d4c0212a6e83
          © 1993 S. Karger AG, Basel

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          Pages: 8
          Categories
          Session I: The Paradox of GH and Obesity

          Endocrinology & Diabetes,Neurology,Nutrition & Dietetics,Sexual medicine,Internal medicine,Pharmacology & Pharmaceutical medicine
          Growth-hormone-releasing factor,Chronological age,Insulin-like growth factor I,Growth hormone deficiency,Bone age,Simple obesity

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