“…In this issue, Suomela et al [11] report the childhood predictors of adult NAFLD, as determined by ultrasonography at follow-up of 31 years, in the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study (n=2,042), a population-based cohort. The authors had previously shown that the determinants of fatty liver evaluated at adulthood in the same individuals were waist circumference, alanine aminotransferase, body mass index (BMI), male sex, apolipoprotein B, systolic blood pressure, alcohol intake, insulin and low physical activity index [12].…”