Avoiding obesity will not keep fatty liver disease at bay, it appears, after Chinese University of Hong Kong researchers showed that one in five non-obese people suffered from the non-alcoholic variant of the chronic ailment.
The research sheds light on the world’s most common chronic liver disease, which affects about 27 per cent of adults in Hong Kong, and can lead to cancer.
“The risk of developing fatty liver would also increase when age goes up,” said Professor Vincent...
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