What is it about?
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is highly prevalent in children. NAFLD is the leading cause of liver diseases and it is strongly associated with cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes. This study shows that a 22-week multidisciplinary intervention program including exercise training and lifestyle education reduces adiposity, insulin resistance and hepatic fat (nearly 20%), and improves dietary habits and psychological well-being in children with overweight/obesity.
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Why is it important?
Given the importance of treating pediatric hepatic steatosis early - not only to prevent future liver damage but also type 2 diabetes - these findings should be taken into account in pediatric obesity management programs.
Perspectives
The authors hope the results of this article bring pediatricians and public health institutions to recommend exercise training together with family lifestyle education in childhood obesity prevention and treatment.
Idoia Labayen
Public University of Navarra
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This page is a summary of: Effects of Exercise in Addition to a Family-Based Lifestyle Intervention Program on Hepatic Fat in Children With Overweight, Diabetes Care, June 2019, American Diabetes Association,
DOI: 10.2337/dc19-0351.
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