This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing theresources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject andinvestigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source,and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed isfor the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator.The rapid rise in the number of children and adolescents who are overweight or obese is one of the greatest health problems confronting the United States. The purpose of this proposal is to examine a series of biological markers of glucose and lipid metabolism and inflammation and oxidative stress in youth betwen the ages of 15 and 18, who are from diverse economic and race/ethnicity backgrounds and are participating in the University of Minnesota TREC project titled 'Etiology of Adolescent Obesity'.
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