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Some 20% of those with NAFLD also showed signs of liver fibrosis.

Among people with fatty liver disease, those with diabetes were more likely to advance by one fibrosis stage in less than six years.

Positive results announced by Madrigal Pharmaceuticals could potentially lead to the first drug approval for fatty liver disease.

Diabetes and a large waist circumference are predictors of liver fat accumulation and fibrosis.

People with a tendency to be active later in the day may be at greater risk for severe NAFLD.

Getting enough sleep provides improves your mood, helps maintain a healthy weight and may boost your immune system.

The Kansas Center for Metabolism and Obesity Research will research obesity-related diseases and train junior researchers.

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.