Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), now called metabolically associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD), affects 45% of adults and 25% of children (regardless of obesity status), and is now the leading cause of liver transplant in the United States, having overtaken hepatitis C, despite the fact that children do not drink alcohol, pointing to a common environmental exposure affecting the entire population
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“in 25 percent of children you will see the same thing and children don't drink alcohol...45 percent of adults have non-alcoholic fatty liver disease 25 of children...fatty liver disease is now the leading cause of liver transplant in the United States having overtaken hepatitis C”
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The Subcellular Processes That Belie All Chronic Disease. The Hateful (or Grateful) Eight #lustig— Emery PharmaCreated: 8/10/2026, 10:44:48 PM
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