NAFLD passed down to children The condition affects patients in any age group.
“The risk for the development of disease was also associated with obese fathers. However, the risk was much less in comparison to the obese mothers. Another interesting fact about the prevalence of disease was that the offspring of non-obese mothers also manifested the disease but in much lesser quantity. According to the statistics, 20% of children of non-obese mothers had Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver.
Being a non-transmissible disease, the transmission of NAFLD from mother to her offspring is quite enchanting. As per Dr. Kushala Abeysekera, Lecturer at the University of Bristol, maternal pre-pregnancy obesity is causing an early life effect to prime the [offsprings’] livers to develop fatty liver, making them vulnerable to environmental hits,” Indicating the effect of the obesogenic environment that can be transferred to generations.
Professor of endocrinology and metabolism at the University of Southampton, Chris Byrne, also highlighted a significant point. Since the children inherit mitochondria from their mother and not from their father, this powerhouse can be involved in this process.”
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