Fatty livers found in obese children

Researchers from the University of California, San Diego reported that pediatric fatty liver disease and steatohepatitis (fatty inflammation of the liver) in obese children have been increasing and this also includes cases of cirrhosis and liver transplantation.

According to the current issue of the Journal Pediatrics, fatty liver is seen in about 10% of children and adolescents, making it the most common liver abnormality in this age group. Fatty liver s defined as fatty deposits in at least 5 percent of the liver cells.