Overweight teenage boys have increased risk of liver disease stat : you

Researchers reported 5,281 cases of severe liver disease including 251 cases of liver cancer during the follow up period. Shocking new research has found that men who were overweight as teenagers have an almost 50 per cent increased risk of developing liver disease later in life. When results were looked into further, Dr Hagstrom and his team found that overweight teenagers were 50 per cent more likely to suffer from liver disease when they reached adulthood. And obese men with type 2 diabetes were found to be three times more at risk of developing liver problems. "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 study authors urged.




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. 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. "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.


London: 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. 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. "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.


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