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OBESITY

88 Citations1959
S. Simpson
International Journal of Clinical Practice

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Gluttony l'11<1ouhtedh some childre11 are glutto11s a11d ,umc g·h111ons ht'cottte fat, hut In 110 mea11s ;tll. .~11111<· 1T111ai11 thin. Gltttton, 111ay Ill' p~1thogct1ic. pa1ticul;11l, if it ro111menn·, iu a pn,11 11 whose appetite was hithetto llonnal. It is therefore wiSt' to consider the c,istctt"' o[ enwrional upsets within the famih circle or at school. Cltttton,· or t·,ct'ssin· appctitt' is also produced Ill rntain horn101H·s. for <',a 111 plt· cort iso11t:, a11dr11gctts. gro\\'th honnone, and in~uli,1. ci1hcr gi,t·11 exogcnou"h for 1reat1nen1 of -;011H.' diso1de1-; or ~cnell"d t·tulogrll 011 ...,_ h. The latter ma, l,c c1111stitutional, or d11c to h1JH'I· jllasia or IH'llJJla,i;1 o[ tit(· adrenals. pit11itary. 01 pa11rr,•a1ic islt·t cells .. \ L1111ih ;l([ipo,it\ hist1111 111 :1 1"' 1 ~istc111 adipositv fr11111 birth or infann would 1,·1HI lo l;t\our the diag11osis of consti1utio11al ;1diposil\. Atliposit,· ll\ itst'lf. ll'illto11t a1n· 01hn c11docrit1<' stig111:tta, is 11nlikch to IH' of endocrine origi11. and is <·ven less likely, ;1s a si11g·I,· isolated ft-at111t·. to I)(' d11c 1 fl <'!Hlot I ine ncopl;1•"11.