Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: The Epidemic Nobody Sees Coming
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, NAFLD, is now the most common chronic liver condition in India, affecting an estimated 9 to 32 percent of the general population, according to data published in the Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology. The numbers are worse in urban centres, where refined carbohydrates, deep-fried snacks, and sedentary desk jobs have combined to deposit fat inside liver cells at a rate the organ cannot clear.
