ESPE Abstracts

Background: Obesity is increasing worldwide among adults, children and adolescents. The increase in obesity rates facilitated the development of several morbidities including impairment in glucose homeostasis. T2DM is described mainly among minority groups, and in Israel it is more frequent among the Arab population.Objective and hypotheses: We hypothesized that a correlation exists between the degree of obesity and impaired glucose homeostasis among Ara...