Don't make speculation. Compare US drinking across other countries, and compare it against prior years and look at correlation. That isn't it. Read https://www.

Don't make speculation. Compare US drinking across other countries, and compare it against prior years and look at correlation. That isn't it. Read https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus17.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus17.pdf which is the source for the article. You can look at page 29 of that report or https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/liver-disease/cirrhosis https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/liver-disease/c... for more information and trend data. It is NAFLD and obesity.