Pre-Pregnancy Parental Overweight/Obesity Linked to Next Generation’s Heightened Fatty Liver Disease Risk

Pre-pregnancy parental overweight and obesity is linked to the next generation’s heightened risk of developing fatty liver disease, a potential precursor to cirrhosis and liver failure, suggests research published online in the journal Gut.

If both parents are overweight or obese before they conceive, that child’s subsequent odds of developing MASLD by the age of 24 are more than 3 times higher, most of which is influenced by cumulative excess weight (BMI) during childhood, the findings indicate.

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