blog — Fatty liver

PEDIATRIC NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE STUDY Principal Investigators: Jeffrey Schwimmer (University of California, San Diego) and Miriam Vos (Emory University) Schwimmer JB, Ugalde-Nicalo P, Welsh JA, Angeles JE, Cordero M, Harlow KE, Alazraki A, Durelle J, Knight-Scott J, Newton KP, Cleeton R, Knott C, Konomi J, Middleton MS, Travers C, Sirlin CB, Hernandez A, Sekkarie A, McCracken C, Vos MB.  Effect of a low free sugar diet vs usual diet on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in adolescent boys: A randomized clinical trial.  JAMA. 2019; 321: 256-265. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), characterized by an excess of fat in the liver, is...