Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Hepatic Manifestation of Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome

Obesity is currently a worldwide epidemic, and will likely only increase in prevalence in the coming years. The incidence of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) seems to be paralleling obesity. The MetS is strongly linked to insulin resistance, abdominal obesity, diabetes mellitus, and dyslipidemia. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the hepatic manifestation of obesity and the MetS. Although not currently a formal component of the MetS, data...