How To Lose Weight For Insulin Resistant Teens?
The diabetes drug metformin may help obese teenagers lose weight--even if they don't have diabetes. The two-year study of 77 volunteers found that teens who took the drug lost significantly more weight than those who did not, but the medication did not appear to affect fat distribution or insulin resistance in the kids.
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