Fatty Liver Disease May Raise Heart Disease Risk In Overweight, Obese Kids

Kudos, fatsos.

"Researchers performed a case-controlled study of 150 overweight children with biopsy-proven non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and 150 overweight children without NAFLD. Participants were well matched in age (average 12.7 years), sex and severity of obesity. More than half of the children in each group were in the 99th percentile for body mass index.

The overweight children with NAFLD had significant cardiovascular risk including higher levels of fasting glucose, insulin, total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL, "bad" cholesterol), triglycerides and higher systolic and diastolic blood pressure than the control group. The children with NAFLD also had significantly lower levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL, "good" cholesterol) than the control group."

Miserable, unfit child abusing parents.

Stop them.