Donald R. Dengel, Ph.D., professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology, is a co-author of an article published in Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders. The article, “Association between carotid intima media thickness, age and cardiovascular risk factors in children and adolescents,” examines the relationship between age, body mass index, cardiovascular risk factors and carotid intima media thickness in 291 children and adolescents.