Clinical and translational research in pediatric gastroenterology had an overall average annual growth rate of 51.7% from 1970 through 2017. journals.lww.com/jpgn/Abstra…

📢 New in @jclinicalinvest : We explore pediatric MASLD as a distinct, early-onset liver disease shaped by perinatal factors, genetics, and hepatic zonation. @SudhaBiddinger @SamarHIbrahimMD Opportunities for early intervention start in childhood. 🔗jci.org/articles/view/186422

🚨The LIVERS study now in @HEP_Journal the longest follow-up study of pediatric MASLD shows children with MASLD face a mortality rate >40x higher than peers. @UCSD @radychildrens @sdsuhealth today.ucsd.edu/story/childre…

🚨 Our latest paper, "Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease in Children," is now in @Gut_BMJ ➤ Epidemiology, Diagnosis and Treatment Strategies Thank you Dr Nidhi Goyal & @DrStavra @UCSDHealthSci @radychildrens @CincyChildrens gut.bmj.com/content/early/20…

🚨 New publication alert! 🚨 Our systematic review on exercise for pediatric MASLD is now in @PLOSONE We uncover major gaps in evidence and propose research priorities to develop evidence-based exercise guidelines for kids. @UCSDHealthSci @radychildrens dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.…

We collaborated with @KPDOR to evaluate liver health in Asian and Pacific Islander children. Chinese and Filipino children with overweight and obesity had the highest rates of elevated liver chemistry and suspected MASLD. @UCSDHealth @radychildrens onlinelibrary.wiley.com/shar…

🚨4.4% of adolescents meet criteria for metabolic and bariatric surgery. Our new study of > 500,000 teenagers details BMI and co-morbid health conditions. @AmerAcadPeds @KPSanDiego @UCSDHealth @radychildrens publications.aap.org/pediatr…

It was such a joy to spend time with the world's funniest eye dentist @DGlaucomflecken and the inspiring CPR superhero @LGlaucomflecken at their wonderful show Wife & Death

Our patients, research and histology from the Rady Children's Fatty Liver Clinic and UCSD ACTRI are featured in this article by @arianaeunjung highlighting the crises of pediatric non-alcoholic fatty liver disease @radychildrens @UCSDHealthSci washingtonpost.com/health/in…

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NEW study: in children at risk for NAFLD, hepatic steatosis was more strongly associated with adipose regionalization than total adipose amount. The association of lean mass was not independent of fat mass or body weight @UCSDHealthSci @radychildrens liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1…

🚨May issue of @AGA_CGH 892 children with NAFLD: annual incidence of type 2 diabetes was 30 times higher than previously reported in other pediatric populations. ➡️Severity of steatosis and fibrosis were risk factors @UCSDHealthSci @NIDDKgov cghjournal.org/article/S1542…

Now in @JPGNReports Distinguishing autoimmune hepatitis from steatohepatitis in adolescents with obesity and positive screening ALT @NASPGHAN @AmberHildreth13 shows the importance of a comprehensive evaluation to reach an accurate diagnosis journals.lww.com/jpgnr/Fullt…

Congratulations to Dr. Andrew Wang of @UCSDHealthSci and @radychildrens on winning an Early Career Investigator Award. He presented our work on Development of a Clinical Prediction Rule for Fibrosis in Children with NAFLD #TLM22 @AASLDFoundation @AASLDtweets @NIDDKgov

In Korea, the odds of an adolescent having nonalcoholic fatty liver disease was 1.8 times higher if father had NAFLD, 2.2 times higher if mother had NAFLD, and 2.6 times higher if both parents had NAFLD. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

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