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Are we sure alcohol alone explains increases in liver problems? People are also increasingly fat and have poor diet related problems that would impact the liver
by a8da6b0c91d 13y ago
Are we sure alcohol alone explains increases in liver problems? People are also increasingly fat and have poor diet related problems that would impact the liver.
- HarryHirsch 13y agoThe main risk factors for cirrhosis are alcohol and hepatitis B and C. The UK doesn't have a worse drug problem than the rest of Western Europe, consequently it must be the drinking.
- DanBC 13y agoThe UK does have worse obesity problems than the rest of western europe, so parent asks a reasonable question. Is obesity a factor in greater rates of liver disease?
- HarryHirsch 13y agoHere is an analysis of the risk factors: http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/AnnualReports/Browsable/DH_4903444 http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/www.dh.gov.uk/en... This report from the British government says that virus hepatitis and alcohol are the biggest risk factors and that a strategy needs to be devised against these to fight chronic liver disease.