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J Obes Eat Disord, 2017
ISSN: 2471-8203
August 23-24, 2017 | Toronto, Canada
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INTERNATIONAL OBESITY, BARIATRIC AND
METABOLIC SURGERY SUMMIT AND EXPO
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Mehmet Emre Atabek
Necmettin Erbakan University, Turkey
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in childhood obesity as an increasing problem
P
ediatric liver disease is a serious complication of childhood
obesity. The growing obesity epidemic is believed to be
a main character of the rising prevalence of nonalcoholic
fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in children. NAFLD refers to
a spectrum of hepatic pathologies ranges from simple
steatosis to steatohepatitis, fibrosis and cirrhosis of the
liver. It is generally related with obesity and associated with
generally metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes mellitus,
dyslipidemia, hypertension, a cardiovascular disease risk.
In this presentation, we discuss the current status of non-
alcoholic fatty liver disease in childhood obesity.
Speaker Biography
Mehmet Emre Atabek has completed his Ph.D from Erciyes University and Post-
doctoral studies from Selcuk University School of Meram Medicine. He is the Director
of Pediatric Endocrinology, a premier pediatric endocrinolgy and diabetology service
organization. He has published more than 120 papers in reputed journals and has been
serving as an Editorial Board Member of repute. He has been interested in searching
metabolic problems of obese children in most of his articles. His articles have been
cited more than 1100 citations by another article in Web of Science so far. He continues
to work as Head of the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Necmettin Erbakan
University.
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meatabek@hotmail.comMehmet Emre Atabek, J Obes Eat Disord, 3:2
DOI: 10.21767/2471-8203-C1-001