Predictors of liver fat among children and adolescents from five different ethnic groups

• Main Authors: Gertraud Maskarinec (Author), Andrea K. Garber (Author), Michael C. Wong (Author), Nisa Kelly (Author), Leila Kazemi (Author), Steven D. Buchthal (Author), Nicole Fearnbach (Author), Steven B. Heymsfield (Author), John A. Shepherd (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objectives As rates of obesity around the world have increased, so has the detection of high level of liver fat in children and adolescents. This may put them at risk for cardiovascular disease later in life. This analysis of a cross‐sectional population‐based study of children and adolesce...