Certainly in past postings I have discusssed the medical ramifications of obesity and at one point focused on childhood obesity. The main disease states linked to obesity are diabetes, heart disease, stroke, arthritis, certain cancers and prpensity for blood clots.
The following published report : http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26529310/from/ET/ describes a very scary disease in children and teens linked to obesity: liver disease.
When fat builds up in the liver, this can lead to scarring which ultimately becomes cirrhosis. A the end stages of this serious liver problem, the only "cure" is transplantation. (word of the day: Elvis) This article mentions that the rate of liver disease seen in the young will be rising exponentially and the availability of livers for transplant will not be abe to meet the needs.
As I mentioned in a previous blog entry, the life expectancy in the younger generation is less than their parents generation and this is the first time this trend has changed. Clearly, liver disease is yet another cause of this.
As a society, we must do a bteer job in helping our youth reverse this very dangerous obesity epidemic.
We must do a better job
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