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The venue of the Third Annual World Congress on the Insulin Resistance Syndrome (IRS) switched to San Francisco, CA, in November, 2005. As always, the topics covered all aspects of the newest developments on this syndrome, variously known as the metabolic syndrome or syndrome X. This constellation of findings affect individuals many decades after birth, but is now found in those at the beginning of their second decade. Thus pediatric aspects figured all the more prominently in this year's presentations. The wealth of knowledge and hypotheses presented over three full days cannot be summarized in short. What follows is not a complete account but chosen subjects of interest to the readers of JPEM. The initial presentations focused upon the IRS in general and aspects of insulin resistance in particular. Yehuda Handelsman, the initiator and cochair of the congress, emphasized the remarkable international flavor of the conference in which 40 faculty from six countries presented to more than 350 attendees. Dr. Handelsman initiated the discussion of insulin resistance by presenting a lecture on the state of the IRS, reviewing the varying definitions provided by the WHO, EGIR, ATP 3, ACE a

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Author

D.M. Styne

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Published

2006

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)