To determine the course of obesity-associated nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and the cardiovascular risk factors of hypertension, dyslipidemia, and disturbed glucose metabolism in untreated obese children.
Department of Pediatric Nutrition and Medicine, Vestische Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Witten/Herdecke University, Dr F Steiner St 5, Datteln 45711, Germany. T.Reinehr@kinderklinik-datteln.de