Management of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease from Primary Care: Dietary and Nutritional Considerations (2nd Edition)
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Clinical Nutrition".
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Interests: primary care medicine; clinical epidemiology; cohort studies; evidence-based medicine; clinical medicine; portfolio theory; diabetes; health; hypertension; preventive medicine
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Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become an emerging disease worldwide closely related to an increase in obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). In fact, in Western countries, NAFLD has become the most common liver disease in both adult and paediatric populations. This pathology is closely related to metabolic syndrome (MS). Therefore, it is an important risk factor for the development of other comorbidities such as pre-diabetes, diabetes, insulin resistance, dyslipidaemia and cardiovascular diseases. Moreover, the presence of NAFLD, together with any of these comorbidities, is associated with increased cardiovascular and liver morbidity and mortality, including its progression to cirrhosis and hepatocarcinoma. However, we do not have sufficient data on the impact of NAFLD on the general population or the consequences it may have in the future.
Since obesity and NAFLD are very prevalent in our environment, they tend to be underestimated; however, they are potentially serious pathologies due to their association with multiple cardiovascular risk factors. Obesity at an early age is mostly related to cultural level, family socioeconomic status, and, especially, the lifestyle changes that have occurred over the last few years (e.g., the consumption of unhealthy food and sedentary habits). As a result, NAFLD leads to an increase in the overall burden of disease, causing a considerable expenditure of health resources and an increase in long-term mortality.
Primary care is the most appropriate setting for implementing early detection strategies as well as any intervention aimed at weight loss through nutrition and physical exercise. Framing this as a challenge for preventive practices provides an opportunity to avoid the development of advanced stages of this disease as well as its multiple associated comorbidities and complications.
Considering all this, in this Special Issue of Nutrients entitled "Management of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease from Primary Care: Dietary and Nutritional Considerations (2nd Edition)", we encourage researchers to submit articles that examine strategies for the early detection of NAFLD, its risk factors and interventions aimed at weight loss through physical exercise and especially nutrition.
Dr. Pere Torán-Monserrat
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Dr. Ingrid Arteaga
Co-Guest Editor
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Keywords
- NAFLD
- metabolic syndrome
- chronic liver disease
- fibrosis
- steatosis
- primary care
- nutrition
- nutritional intervention
- weight loss
- prevention
