Obesity and nonalcoholic fatty liver dis
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Elisa Fabbrini; Shelby Sullivan; Samuel Klein
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Article
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2009
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Obesity is associated with an increased risk of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Steatosis, the hallmark feature of NAFLD, occurs when the rate of hepatic fatty acid uptake from plasma and de novo fatty acid synthesis is greater than the rate of fatty acid oxidation and export (as triglycer