Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is one of the most frequent causes of chronic liver
disease in the Western world, probably due to the growing prevalence of obesity, metabolic …

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has rapidly become the most common form of
chronic liver disease in children and adolescents. Over the past 5 years, developments have …

Background & Aims Narrative reviews of paediatric NAFLD quote prevalences in the general
population that range from 9% to 37%; however, no systematic review of the prevalence of …

NAFLD has become a major public health problem for more than 2 decades with a growing
prevalence in parallel with the epidemic of obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D). The disease …

Epidemiology of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis in the
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Due to the rising prevalence of obesity and type II diabetes mellitus, non‐alcoholic fatty liver
disease is becoming the leading cause of chronic liver disease in the Western world. In …

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) refers to a group of conditions characterized by
hepatic steatosis in the absence of significant alcohol consumption. NAFLD is seen …

Since first described in 1980, 1 nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is defined as the
accumulation of hepatic fat, as evidenced by radiologic or histologic examination, in the …

Accumulating evidence links obesity with low-grade inflammation which may originate from
adipose tissue that secretes a plethora of pro-and anti-inflammatory cytokines termed …

Objective Knowledge of the epidemiology of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is
incomplete because liver biopsy cannot be performed on the general population to assess …