Why Lean People Also Get Fatty Liver
When we think about fatty liver, we instantly think of someone who is overweight or obese. It seems logical. Increased body fat must mean excess liver fat. But this notion is dangerously misleading. An increasing amount of research indicates that many individuals with normal body weight too have extra fat in their liver. This disorder is now known as lean MASLD (Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease). The concerning element is that thin people with fatty liver may actually be more likely than their obese counterparts to die from liver-related causes.
