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Second- and third-generation individuals in Los Angeles had a 35% and 61% higher risk, respectively, than those born in Mexico.

Higher daily alcohol consumption was linked to greater risk for MAFLD.

The higher risk for women with longer periods does not appear to be related to obesity.

Abdominal obesity worsened the impact of air pollution on MAFLD development.

People with fatty liver disease and obesity who underwent bariatric surgery had better clinical outcomes.

Over the next two decades, obesity-linked NASH will lead to more deaths and high cost in the United States.

Advanced stages of NAFLD were more commonly seen in people whose mothers had obesity or overweight during pregnancy.

Study finds that lean people with NAFLD had a higher risk for liver events, cancer and mortality.

Individuals with both fatty liver diseae and obesity had the greatest risk of sleep apnea.

But a simple improvement in dietary intake reversed fatty liver disease and staved off cancer.

Weight loss, exercise and a healthy diet are keys to managing type 2 diabetes.

U.K. study finds that children of obese moms are more likely to develop non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in their 20s.

NASH is a more severe form of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Learn more about this type of hepatitis on #NASHday 2021.

Excess weight, which is often linked to metabolic abnormalities, can contribute to a wide variety of health problems.

Weight-loss surgery especially reduced obesity-related cancers in people with liver cirrhosis.

People with both obesity and liver steatosis were at greater risk for hospitalization with COVID-19.