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Junk food behind fatty liver epidemic in Kashmir: DAK

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Srinagar, Apr 19 (GNS): On World Liver Day, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Wednesday expressed pressing concern over surge in fatty liver disease which has reached to epidemic proportions in Kashmir valley.
“Junk food is causing spike in fatty liver cases in the valley,” said DAK President Dr Nisar ul Hassan in a statement issued to GNS.
Dr Hassan said junk food has become routine part of people’s lives and has largely replaced homemade meals. Fast food is the quickest meal not just for busy professionals, but there is a rising trend of fast food among children and teenagers. They are often seen eating fast foods like pizzas and burgers. Children are addicted to chips, sugary drinks and frozen ready meals.
“This change in dietary habits from homemade to processed and convenient foods is the primary factor contributing to enormous burden of fatty liver in Kashmir,” he said.
The DAK President said according to a new study from the University of Southern California’s Keck school of Medicine published in clinical gastroenterology and hepatology, junk food has been found to cause fatty liver disease.
“If you are obese or diabetic, fast food has even more negative impact on the liver and can lead to even higher amounts of fat in the liver,” he said.
Dr Nisar said one in three persons in Kashmir have fatty liver and young people are mostly hit.
The prevalence of disease is 60-70% among diabetics and obese individuals.

He said non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is a life threatening disease in which fat builds up in the liver. It is the commonest cause of cirrhosis or scarring of liver which can cause liver failure and even cancer.
People with fatty liver have a greater chance of developing cardiovascular disease.
“In order to prevent this disease, we need to go back to our culture of taking homemade meals and avoid junk food. We need to be on roads and gyms rather than in luxury cars,” he said.
“Every year on April 19 World Liver Day is observed to spread awareness about the importance of liver health and educate people on how to maintain a healthy liver,” he added.(GNS)
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April 19, 2023
World Liver Day: Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Cases On Rise, Doctors Blame Lifestyle

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SRINAGAR: While expressing concern over the rising fatty liver cases in Kashmir, doctors said that the sedentary lifestyle and consumption of junk food is the key reason behind surge in fatty liver cases in Kashmiri population.
A leading oncologist at SKIMS Soura Dr Zahoor said that fatty liver or Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) has emerged as a major lifestyle disease in the modern world.
“It is mainly associated with intake of high calorie, processed food with poor physical activity and these people usually tend to have high BMI, hypertension and diabetes mellitus,” he said.
Fatty liver can lead to fibrosis of liver and subsequent Chronic Liver Disease (CLD), he said, adding that it is emerging as one of the major causes of liver cancer worldwide overtaking viral hepatitis in causing so.
Dr Mohammad Salim Khan, head of Department of Community Medicine at GMC Srinagar said that the sedentary lifestyle, consumption of junk food, change in dietary pattern with consumption of food rich in fat, salt and sugar, very limited physical activities, stress, indulgence in alcoholism, all are contributing to increasing liver diseases especially fatty liver.
Furthermore, injecting drug use (abuse, addiction) with sharing of needles and syringes has caused an epidemic of viral Hepatitis, especially Hepatitis-C and Hepatitis-B, he said.
In order to prevent this disease, change in lifevstyle is the need of the hour. People should bring a change in their dietary habbits and avoid junk food at earliest, he added.

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April 19, 2023
World liver day: Fatty liver cases on rise in J&K; doctors blame lifestyle, consumption of junk food

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Srinagar, Apr 19: Sedentary lifestyle and consumption of junk food is the key reason behind surge in fatty liver, doctors said while expressing concern over the rising fatty liver population in Kashmir.
A leading oncologist at SKIMS Soura Dr Zahoor told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that fatty liver or nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) has emerged as a major lifestyle disease in the modern world.
“It is mainly associated with intake of high calorie, processed food with poor physical activity and these people usually tend to have high BMI, hypertension and diabetes mellitus,” he said.
Fatty liver can lead to fibrosis of liver and subsequent Chronic Liver Disease (CLD), he said, adding that it is emerging as one of the major causes of liver cancer worldwide overtaking viral hepatitis in causing so.
Dr Mohammad Salim Khan, head of Department of Community Medicine at GMC Srinagar at GMC Srinagar told KNO that the sedentary lifestyle, consumption of junk food, change in dietary pattern with consumption of food rich in fat, salt and sugar, very limited physical activities, stress, indulgence in alcoholism, all are contributing to increasing liver diseases especially fatty liver.
Furthermore, injecting drug use (abuse, addiction) with sharing of needles and syringes has caused an epidemic of viral Hepatitis, especially Hepatitis-C and Hepatitis-B, he said.
DAK President Dr Nisar ul Hassan said that junk food is causing a spike in fatty liver cases in the valley as junk food has become a routine part of people’s lives and has largely replaced homemade meals.

“Fast food is the quickest meal not just for busy professionals, but there is a rising trend of fast food among children and teenagers. They are often seen eating fast foods like pizzas and burgers. Children are addicted to chips, sugary drinks and frozen ready meals,” he said.
“This change in dietary habits from homemade to processed and convenient foods is the primary factor contributing to the enormous burden of fatty liver in Kashmir,” he said.
“If you are obese or diabetic, fast food has an even more negative impact on the liver and can lead to even higher amounts of fat in the liver,” he said.
Dr Nisar said one in three persons in Kashmir have fatty liver and young people are mostly hit while the prevalence of disease is 60-70% among diabetics and obese individuals.
People with fatty liver have a greater chance of developing cardiovascular disease, he said.
“In order to prevent this disease, we need to go back to our culture of taking homemade meals and avoid junk food. We need to be on roads and gyms rather than in luxury cars,” Dr Nisar said
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( With inputs from : roshankashmir.net )

April 19, 2023
Hyderabad: UoH contributes to research on Fatty Liver Disease

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A recent research study at the University of Hyderabad (UoH) provides another dimension to reduce fat accumulation in the liver. This reduces the onset of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and opens up new avenues for therapeutic intervention.
The liver plays a central role in lipid metabolism. Fatty liver Disease (FLD) in particular the Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) is a serious health concern that affects 25% of the world’s population.
It is characterised by increased abdominal fat accumulation and metabolic abnormalities including insulin resistance, type-2-diabetes mellitus, hypertension, dyslipidemia and cardiovascular problems. NAFLD can progress to hepatocellular carcinoma and liver failure.
This study shows that Lipid associated mitochondria promotes fatty acid oxidation through distinct bioenergetics pattern in the liver.
The study was conducted by professor Naresh Babu Sepuri, Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences at UoH and his team. The main contributors for the study are Dr Noble Kumar Talari and Dr Ushodaya Mattam, Niroj Kumar, Arun Kumar P.
It demonstrates the significance of functional segregation of mitochondria as any aberration in lipid droplet-associated mitochondria may lead to NAFLD.
The study has been published as an article in Nature Communications, a peer reviewed journal.

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February 23, 2023