Year: 2022
Type: Article
Title: Advancing the global public health agenda for NAFLD: a consensus statement
Author: Lazarus, Jeffrey V
Author: Mark, Henry E
Author: Anstee, Quentin M
Author: Arab, Juan Pablo
Author: Batterham, Rachel L
Author: Castera, Laurent
Author: Cortez-Pinto, Helena
Author: Crespo, Javier
Author: Cusi, Kenneth
Author: Dirac, M Ashworth
Author: Francque, Sven
Author: George, Jacob
Author: Hagström, Hannes
Author: Huang, Terry T-K
Author: Ismail, Mona H
Author: Kautz, Achim
Author: Sarin, Shiv Kumar
Author: Loomba, Rohit
Author: Miller, Veronica
Author: Newsome, Philip N
Author: Ninburg, Michael
Author: Ocama, Ponsiano
Author: Ratziu, Vlad
Author: Rinella, Mary
Author: Romero, Diana
Author: Romero-Gómez, Manuel
Author: Schattenberg, Jörn M
Author: Tsochatzis, Emmanuel A
Author: Valenti, Luca
Author: Wong, Vincent Wai-Sun
Author: Yilmaz, Yusuf
Author: Younossi, Zobair M
Author: Zelber-Sagi, Shira & the NAFLD Consensus Consortium
Author: Nikolova, Dafina
Abstract: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a potentially serious liver disease that affects approximately one-quarter of the global adult population, causing a substantial burden of ill health with wide-ranging social and economic implications. It is a multisystem disease and is considered the hepatic component of metabolic syndrome. Unlike other highly prevalent conditions, NAFLD has received little attention from the global public health community. Health system and public health responses to NAFLD have been weak and fragmented, and, despite its pervasiveness, NAFLD is largely unknown outside hepatology and gastroenterology. There is only a nascent global public health movement addressing NAFLD, and the disease is absent from nearly all national and international strategies and policies for non-communicable diseases, including obesity. In this global Delphi study, a multidisciplinary group of experts developed consensus statements and recommendations, which a larger group of collaborators reviewed over three rounds until consensus was achieved. The resulting consensus statements and recommendations address a broad range of topics - from epidemiology, awareness, care and treatment to public health policies and leadership - that have general relevance for policy-makers, health-care practitioners, civil society groups, research institutions and affected populations. These recommendations should provide a strong foundation for a comprehensive public health response to NAFLD.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Relation: Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology
Identifier: oai:repository.ukim.mk:20.500.12188/24309
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12188/24309Identifier: 10.1038/s41575-021-00523-4
Identifier: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41575-021-00523-4.pdfIdentifier: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41575-021-00523-4Identifier: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41575-021-00523-4.pdfIdentifier: 19
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