EFFECT OF OBESITY ON LIVER FUNCTION

Jinan Aziz Hadi* and Rokan Abdul Kareem Mustafa

ABSTRACT

Obesity is defined as an abnormal increase in the size and weight of adipose mass, which in turn leads to an increase in the person’s total weight, as eating food containing calories in excess of the body’s energy consumption results in this increase being stored in the form of fat in adipose tissues. Their numbers begin to multiply when the amount of stored fat increases, thus leading to obesity.[2,1] The diagnosis of obesity depends on the body mass index (BMI), which is the body weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters. The US Centers for Health and Human Services, in cooperation with the World Health Organization, has defined overweight as 25-9.29 (kg/m2) and obesity as more than 30(kg/m2)[3,4] Given this great risk, this study was conducted, which aims to identify the risk of obesity on liver function through its impact on some vital data] Gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT), alanine transferase (ALT), aspartate transferase (AST), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), total protein, glucose, phosphatase (ALP)

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