Risk of liver damage is highest for those with obesity or diabetes. The new year has begun, and with it, resolutions for change. A study from Keck Medicine of USC published on January 10, 2013, in the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology gives people extra motivation to reduce fast-f
A new study from Keck Medicine of USC found that fast food consumption is associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, a serious condition in which fat builds up in the liver. The study revealed that people with obesity or diabetes who consume 20% or more of their daily calories from fast food have severely elevated levels of fat in their liver compared to those who consume less or no fast food.
Ani Kardashian, MD, a hepatologist with Keck Medicine of USC, is the lead author of a new study showing that fast-food consumption is linked to liver disease. Credit: Ricardo Carrasco III Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, also known as liver steatosis, can lead to cirrhosis, or scarring of the liver, which can cause liver cancer or failure. Liver steatosis affects over 30% of the U.S. population.
The researchers evaluated the fatty liver measurement of approximately 4,000 adults whose fatty liver measurements were included in the survey and compared these measurements to their fast-food consumption.
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