title: Pediatric Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.
abstract: The rapidly increasing prevalence of childhood obesity and its associated co-morbidities such as hypertriglyceridemia, hyper-insulinemia, hypertension, early atherosclerosis, metabolic syndrome, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease are major public health concerns in many countries. Therefore the trends in child and adolescent obesity should be closely monitored over time, as in the near future, we may anticipate a major increase of young adults with the stigmata of the metabolic syndrome, and of the related non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), that may lead to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.
authors.affiliation: Departement of Biochemistry, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Edgard
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Delvin
authors.affiliation: CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Department of Pathology, CHU Sainte-Justine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Department of Cell Biology and Pathology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Natasha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Patey
authors.affiliation: CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Department of Radiology, CHU Sainte-Justine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Department of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Josée
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dubois
authors.affiliation: CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Divisions of Genetics and Endocrinology, CHU Sainte-Justine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Henderson
authors.affiliation: CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Department of Nutrition, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Émile
authors.initials: É
authors.lastname: Lévy
keywords: NAFLD; non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; paediatric obesity; steatohepatitis