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Raffaella Zannolli, MD; Andrea Rebeggiani, BSc Econ; Francesco Chiarelli, MD; Guido Morgese, MD

Am J Dis Child. 1993;147(8):837-841.

Abstract
• Objective.
—To determine the relationship between insulin and the metabolic profile and eventual weight loss in obese children.

Design.
—We first attempted to define the metabolic profile for 18 obese children; we then studied weight loss in this group longitudinally.

Setting.
—Department of Pediatrics in a university hospital.

Participants.
—Eighteen randomly selected, young, obese male subjects from 5 to 16 years of age.

Interventions.
—(1) Metabolic screening at the outset, including insulinemia and glycemia after the oral glucose tolerance test and plasma levels of total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and triglycerides, and (2) weight loss treatment.

Results.
—We divided the sample into "normoinsulinemic" and "hyperinsulinemic" groups, similar for all the variables tested except for weight loss and plasma triglyceride levels. A direct relationship between weight loss results and duration of treatment was found for the entire group. The "hyperinsulinemic" group had a lower percentage reduction in excess weight, and the results in this group were not dependent on the duration of treatment.

Conclusions.
—The effort to keep "normoinsulinemic" obese children in treatment may be useful; it is advisable to study "hyperinsulinemic" children more in depth.

(AJDC. 1993;147:837-841)

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Pediatrics, University of Chieti (Drs Zannolli, Chiarelli, and Morgese), and the Department of Quantitative Methods and Economic Theory, Faculty of Economics, University of Pescara (Mr Rebeggiani), Italy.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication March 15, 1993.

Reprint requests to Department of Pediatrics, University of Chieti, Via Nicolini 11, 1-66100 Chieti, Italy (Dr Zannolli).

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