Commentary
Despite the substantial gains in our understanding of NAFLD/NASH over the past 2 decades, there has been some dissatisfaction with the terminology “non-alcoholic” which overemphasises “alcohol” and underemphasises the predisposing metabolic risk factors.
The term MAFLD is still suboptimal, leaving a great deal of ambiguity.
Z. M. Younossi et al. (Inova Health System, and Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, USA) caution that changing the name without understanding its broad implications can have a negative impact on the field.
