| NAFLD | Non-alcohol fatty liver disease |
| IPGTT | Insulin and intraperitoneal glucose tolerance test |
| FER | Food efficiency ratio |
| HDL | High-density lipoproteins |
| TG | Triglyceride |
| FFA | Free fatty acid |
| HTR | HDL-cholesterol/total-cholesterol ratio |
| EE | Energy expenditure |
| WAT | White adipose tissue |
| GOT | Glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase |
| GPT | Glutamic pyruvic transaminase |
| ACAT | Acyl-CoA cholesterol acyltransferase |
| FAS | Fatty acid synthase |
| SCD1 | Stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 |
| HMGCR | 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase |
| PEPCK | Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase |
| GK | Glucokinase |
| G6pase | Glucose-6-phosphatase |
| HOMA-IR | Homeostatic index Assessment for Insulin Resistance |
| AUC | Area under the concentration-time curve |
| IRS2 | Insulin receptor substrate 2 |
| UCP3 | Uncoupling protein 3 |
| UCP1 | Uncoupling protein 1 |
| iBAT | Interscapular brown adipose tissue |
| PRDM16 | PR domain containing 16 |
| SIRT1 | NAD-dependent deacetylase sirtuin-1 |
| FGF21 | Fibroblast growth factor 21 |
| L:A ratio | Leptin:adiponectin ratio |
| IL-1β | Interleukin 1 beta |
| IL-6 | Interleukin 6 |
| MCP-1 | Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 |
| MIP-1β | Macrophage inflammatory protein 1 beta |