... study, hospitalizations with a diagnosis of NAFLD were more frequent in female than in male children, adolescents, and adults These results may not contradict previous findings because findings ... of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and obesity in children, adolescents, and young adults (6–25 years) by 3-year period, 1986–2006 Age-specific rates are standardized to the 2000 US population ... hospitalized children, adolescents, and young adults increased in the past decades, paralleling the trends in obesity-related hospitalizations This could be a consequence of the obesity epidemic or of increased...