Abdominal Obesity and Fatty Liver

Abdominal obesity and fatty liver.

It has been hypothesized that visceral fat releases free fatty acids and adipokines and thereby exposes the liver to fat accumulation. The authors aimed to evaluate current epidemiologic evidence for an association between abdominal fat and liver fat content. Clinical and epidemiologic studies with data on abdominal fat and liver fat content were reviewed. Studies using waist circumference to e...

Obesity and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

With the increasing prevalence of obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus in the general population, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become a common diagnosis in clinical practice. Insulin resistance and oxidative stress play an important role in NAFLD development and progression. NAFLD affects one in three adults and one in 10 children/adolescents in the United States. Mortality in p...

Editorial: Obesity, Smoking, and Fatty Liver Disease

The relationship between Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and obesity in children

Background and Objective: Obesity in childhood increases the risk of fatty liver disease. With respect to the increased prevalence of obesity in Iran and the world, this study aimed to investigate the relationship between fatty liver and obesity in 6 -18 year-old children. Methods: In this case-control study, 25 overweight children and 24 obese children, who had inclusion criteria, were sel...

The relationship between Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and obesity in children

Introduction: Obesity in childhood increases the risk of fatty liver disease. With respect to the increased prevalence of obesity in Iran and the world, this study aimed to investigate the relationship between fatty liver and obesity in 6 -18 year-old children. Method: In this case-control study, 25 overweight children and 24 obese children, who had inclusion criteria, were selected by conve...