India, Oct. 16 -- A 2024 research finding from Thiruvananthapuram district reported that about one in four adults aged 18 to 30—none obese and few drinkers—had “fatty liver”, a condition the article says can signal higher risk of heart disease and diabetes and, if scarring follows, threaten the liver itself.
Thiruvananthapuram study and key warnings
The article describes fatty liver as a common line on Indian health check-up reports that is often ignored. It says researchers studied 2,373 adults aged 18 to 30 in Thiruvananthapuram district and found about one in four had fatty liver.
The article states the finding “essentially presents two warnings”:
* Fat in the liver signals a higher risk of heart disease and diabetes
* Scarring, if i...