A study from academics at the University of Bristol has revealed a worrying rise in the amount of young people suffering from liver disease.
The study – which is called Children of the 90s – has shone a light on a potential health crisis currently affecting Brits in their twenties.
After looking at over 4,000 young people born in ’91 and ’92, the scientists found huge amounts of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease linked with obesity that could cause health problems like type-2 diabetes and heart attacks.
While you’d expect to find evidence of this in older people, it shouldn’t be present in 27 and 28-year-olds.
Unsurprisingly, the majority of those with the liver disease were overweight. The study excluded those who drank heavily but when alcohol is involved, the chances of developing these problems only increase.
Like obesity, non-fatty liver disease can be reversed by switching to a healthier, less processed diet and maintaining a steady amount of exercise.
This news comes just a week after a comprehensive health report published in the Lancet medical journal showed the global effects of a poor diet.
Researchers said that eating unhealthily accounts for a fifth of all deaths, and claims more lives than smoking because of its links to heart disease, cancer and diabetes.
More than 130 scientists compared dietary habits to rates of death and disease in 195 countries.
They found that in 2017 poor diet was responsible for 11 million deaths, or 22 per cent of the total recorded. A breakdown of the analysis showed that low intake of whole grains and fruits, and high consumption of sodium – found in salt – accounted for more than half of diet-related deaths.
The rest were attributed to high consumption of red and processed meat, sugar-sweetened drinks, and other unhealthy foods including those containing trans-fatty acids.
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