Robert Lustig MD: The Silent Epidemic: the Shocking Truth about NAFLD impacting 45% of all Americans
A recorded talk introducing non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) as an emergent, largely asymptomatic (‘silent’) epidemic. The speaker states NAFLD affects 45% of Americans and 25% of the world, notes 25% of U.S. children have fatty liver, contrasts current NAFLD with pre-1980 associations with alcoholism, and emphasizes the importance of understanding pathogenesis because patients are often unaware until severe outcomes.
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45% of all Americans.
25% of the world.
25% of children in the United States.
Prior to 1980, fatty liver seen under the microscope indicated the patient was an alcoholic.
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