Obesity and Diabetes
Research from Yale University, Department of Pediatrics broadens understanding of obesity and diabetes in adolescents
Published in Telemedicine Law Weekly, January 13th, 2007
Data detailed in "Alanine aminotransferase levels and fatty liver in childhood obesity: associations with insulin resistance, adiponectin, and visceral fat" have been presented. "Concurrent with the rise in obesity, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is recognized as the leading cause of serum aminotransferase elevations in obese youth. Nevertheless, the complete metabolic phenotype associated with abnormalities in biomarkers of liver injury and intrahepatic fat accumulation remains to be established," scientists in the United States report.
"In a multiethnic cohort of 392 obese adolescents, alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels were related with parameters of insulin...
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