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NAFLD is Here and is Now a Canadian Epidemic
TORONTO, Sept. 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Silent, possibly deadly, ever increasing and unknowingly present in over 10 million Canadians, is the liver disease known as NAFLD, now a Canadian epidemic.
Doctors call fatty liver disease a growing public health concern in Canada
The Canadian Press · Posted: Jul 13, 2020 4:43 PM ET | Last Updated: July 13, 2020
A more wholesome diet, active lifestyle can reverse the disease in its early stages, nutrition professor says
First National Study Predicts an Escalating Epidemic of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)
MONTREAL, June 25, 2020 /CNW/ - The first-ever Canadian study to forecast the growing burden of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD or "fatty liver disease") and its more severe form, Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH), affirms that the liver conditions are an escalating public health issue, with NASH cases increasing by 35 per cent and deaths expected to double to 49,100 (from 24,400 in 2019) in Canada over the next decade.