The obesity epidemic and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in children
โ Scribed by Winston Dunn; Jeffrey B. Schwimmer
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 146 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1522-8037
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## Objective: This study examines the impact of biliopancreatic diversion, a malabsorptive variant of gastric bypass, on liver histology. ## Methods: Liver samples were collected from 689 severely obese (bmi 47 +/- 9 kg m(2)) patients undergoing biliopancreatic diversion. exclusion criteria inclu
Obesity is associated with an increased risk of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Steatosis, the hallmark feature of NAFLD, occurs when the rate of hepatic fatty acid uptake from plasma and de novo fatty acid synthesis is greater than the rate of fatty acid oxidation and export (as triglycer