Prevalencia de esteatosis hepática no alcohólica en pacientes pediátricos con sobrepeso y obesidad que acudieron al servicio de consulta externa del área de Nutrición en el “Hospital Dr. Roberto Gilbert E.” de la ciudad de Guayaquil durante el periodo de enero-diciembre del año 2017.

Abstract

By means of the present study, the prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease has been determined in overweight and obesity pediatric patients who attended the outpatient service of the Nutrition area at the Dr. Roberto Gilbert Elizalde Hospital in the city of Guayaquil during the period of JanuaryDecember 2017. This project was carried out with a quantitative approach of retrospective, descriptive and observational design, with 97 pediatric patients who met the inclusion criteria. Through the review of the clinical history we obtained data related to dietary intake, life styles, anthropometric and biochemical parameters. The statistical program SPSS 23 was used to analyze the information. As a result, a prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver desease of 44% was found, which is indisputably related to excess weight. It is recommended to promote dietary habits and lifestyle in the pediatric patient for the future and diseases related to malnutrition due to deficit and excess feeding.