Includes bibliographical references and index.

Hype or harm from fatty liver disease? / Stephen H Caldwell and Curt Argo -- Worldwide problem / Geoffrey Farrell and Philip Newsome -- Is insulin resistance the key motive for NAFLD? / Desmond Johnston -- Progression to cirrhosis is more likely in children with NAFLD? / Anil Dhawan -- NAFLD as cause of cryptogenic cirrhosis? / Jay Lefkowitch -- Is NAFLD different in absence of metabolic syndrome? / Yusuf Yilmaz -- Occurrence of noncirrhotic HCC in NAFLD / Stephen Harrison and Dawn Torres -- Fibrosis progression molecular pathways all important? / Anna-Mae Diehl and Dr Wing-Kin Syn -- Can fatty liver of NAFLD be distinguished from that of alcoholic liver disease? / David Kleiner and Elizabeth Brunt -- Are inflammasomes and intestinal microbiota relevant in disease progression to NASH? / M. Bilal Siddiqui, M. Shadab Siddiqui and Arun Sanyal -- Can genetic influence in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease be ignored? / Quentin Anstee -- Is there a mechanistic link between hepatic steatosis and cardiac rather than liver events? / Soo Lim -- Is there a best method for diagnosis of NAFLD? / Vlad Ratziu -- Choice of non-invasive blood tests and FibroScan / Massimo Pinzani and Manolis Tsocatzis -- Are the guidelines AASLD, IASL, EASL and BSG of help? / Jean-Francois Dufour -- How to choose from different imaging modalities and screening techniques / Hero Hussain -- Are the pros outweighed by the cons of obtaining a liver biopsy? / Simon Taylor-Robinson and Jeremy Cobbold -- Screening for NAFLD in high risk population / Nader Lessan -- Balancing calorie restriction, exercise and weight reduction / Nicholas Finer -- Should physicians be prescribing, or patients self-medicating with Orlistat, vitamin E, vitamin D, insulin antagonist, Trental and coffee? / Brent Neuschwander-Tetri and Haripriya Maddur -- Does improvement in hepatic steatosis have a significant favourable effect on the metabolic syndrome, including diabetes? / Jukka Westerbacka -- What are the dangers as well as the true benefits of bariatric surgery? / Andrew Jenkinson -- Liver transplantation : what can it offer? / Roger Williams -- Molecular antagonists, leptin or other hormones in supplementing environmental factors? / Jeremy Tomlinson -- Use of antifibrotic agents in clinical practice / Jonathan Fallowfield -- Better understanding of early development and material influence? / Jude Oben -- Defining the role of metabolic physician / Nicholas Finer.

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