PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Collantes, Rochelle AU - Ong, Janus P. AU - Younossi, Zobair M. TI - Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and the epidemic of obesity DP - 2004 Aug 01 TA - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine PG - 657--664 VI - 71 IP - 8 4099 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/71/8/657.short 4100 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/71/8/657.full SO - Cleve Clin J Med2004 Aug 01; 71 AB - Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is common in patients with the metabolic syndrome, and it is expected to become more common in countries where obesity, one of the components of the metabolic syndrome, is increasing.