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Junk food seen at pediatric clinic visits: is it a problem?
Clin Pediatr (Phila)
April 2014
1University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
Article Synopsis
- - The study aimed to assess how often junk food was present during clinic visits at pediatric clinics in Houston from June 2011 to March 2012.
- - Medical staff completed a survey of 738 families with children aged 4 months to 16 years, finding that junk food was observed in 20.9% of visits.
- - The findings suggested a correlation between the presence of junk food and higher body mass index in the children whose families brought junk food to the clinic.
Decreased long-chain fatty acid oxidation impairs postischemic recovery of the insulin-resistant rat heart.
FASEB J
October 2013
1University of Texas Medical School at Houston, 6431 Fannin, MSB 1.246, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Diabetic patients with acute myocardial infarction are more likely to die than nondiabetic patients. In the present study we examined the effect of insulin resistance on myocardial ischemia tolerance. Hearts of rats, rendered insulin resistant by high-sucrose feeding, were subjected to ischemia/reperfusion ex vivo.
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