Childhood Obesity Volume 60, Number 1, January 2008
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Metabolic Syndrome Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a condition characterized by significant lipid deposition greater than 5% of the liver weight without any history of excessive alcohol intake. Now it refers to a spectrum of diseases of the liver ranging from steatosis fatty infiltration of the liver to NASH (steatosis with inflammation ...
Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Adolescents: A New IDF Definition, A Significance to Recognize The metabolic syndrome in adults is defined as a cluster of risk factors for cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus which include abdominal obesity, dyslipidemia, glucose intolerance and hypertension.1 The findings from studies in adults, coupled with the obesity epidemic in childhood, have a resulted in a renewed interest in ...
Childhood Obesity: An Overview Extent of the problem Childhood obesity has already emerged as a global epidemic. An estimated 22 million children under five are estimated to be overweight worldwide.1 From the two national surveys of 7-13 y-old Canadian children between 1981 and 1996, the prevalence increased from 11 to 33% in boys and from ...
Prevalence of Childhood Obesity in Thailand Thailand is going forward to become a developed country in the near future. Obesity has been a problem among Thais especially in children. During the last 2 decades people have changed their lifestyle from traditional preparation of their own meals and tend to become modernized by buying foods for their families. ...
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