Obese teenagers at risk of liver disease quoting : The Hindu

Male teenagers who are obese could run a higher risk of developing severe liver disease in the later stages of their life, say researchers. A high body mass index (BMI) is also associated with increasing the risk for Type 2 diabetes, which is, in turn, linked to a higher risk of severe liver disease. The findings, led by researchers at the Karolinska University Hospital in Sweden, showed that obese men were more than twice as likely to develop liver disease in later life than men with normal weight. "Interventions to reduce the increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity should be implemented from an early age to reduce the future burden of severe liver disease on individuals and society," Hagstrom said.IANS "This could have implications for public health decision making, strengthening the need of targeted intervention against overweight and obesity at an early age and specifically highlights the risk of Type 2 diabetes mellitus as a risk factor for liver disease," said Hannes Hagstrom from the Karolinska University Hospital.




Young men who are overweight or obese could be at an increased risk of developing severe liver disease or liver cancer in later life, a study has reported.Swedish scientists discovered that men in late adolescence with a high BMI were more likely to develop these liver problems than those of a normal weight. "But they added that as this was study was observational, no solid conclusions can be drawn identifying a causal relationship between obesity and liver problems.The study was published online in the journal Gut. Overweight adolescents were also at greater risk of type 2 diabetes.The research team from Karolinska University Hospital said: "This could have implications for public health decision making, strengthening the need of targeted intervention against overweight and obesity at an early age and specifically highlights the risk of type 2 diabetes as a risk factor for liver disease "Interventions to reduce the increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity should be implemented from an early age to reduce the future burden of severe liver disease on individuals and society. "The Karolinska team based this study on previous research showing that high BMI in adolescent men was linked to an increased risk of death for end-stage liver disease.In this new research, they set out to investigate how BMI in these adolescents impacted any liver problems during adulthood.Data was analysed from over 1.2 million Swedish males, aged 17 to 19 years old, between 1969 and 1996, with information on severe liver disease, liver cancer and type 2 diabetes also assessed.The men who were obese were almost twice as likely to develop liver disease in later life than overweight men, and four times as likely to have liver problems compared to men of a healthy weight Obese men who went on to develop type 2 diabetes had an even higher risk of liver problems compared with normal weight men without diabetes.The researchers added: "Screening of men with type 2 diabetes mellitus for presence of manifest liver disease using non-invasive, inexpensive scoring systems could be a way forward.

Obese teenagers more at risk of liver disease

(Source: File Photo)Male teenagers who are obese could run a higher risk of developing severe liver disease or liver cancer in the later stages of their life, say researchers. ALSO READ | Most chronic kidney disease patients in India are obeseA high body mass index (BMI) is also associated with increasing the risk for Type 2 diabetes, which is, in turn, linked to a higher risk of severe liver disease. The findings, led by researchers at the Karolinska University Hospital in Sweden, showed that obese men were more than twice as likely to develop liver disease in later life than men with normal weight. "Interventions to reduce the increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity should be implemented from an early age to reduce the future burden of severe liver disease on individuals and society," Hagstrom said. Men with obesity and Type 2 diabetes were more than three times more likely to have liver problems when they were older compared with non-diabetic and normal weighing men, the researchers said.


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