Table 2: Treatment of NAFLD by weight loss/lifestyle modification regimes.

Author, year	Number of cases	Study type	Duration of treatment	Outcome
Ueno, 1997	15	Controlled against	3 months	Decrease in ALT
		treatment refusals		Histological improvement
Franzese, 1997	38	Observational	6 months	Decrease in ALT
				Improvement in ultrasound findings
Knobler, 1999	49	Observational	24 months	Decrease in ALT
Hickman, 2004	14	Observational	15 months	Decrease in ALT
				Improvement in ultrasound