Doctors in Kashmir are concerned about the rising incidence of fatty liver disease in the area, blaming it on junk food intake and sedentary lifestyles.
Doctors said that approximately one in three persons in Kashmir suffer from fatty liver, with young people being mostly affected.
According to the leading oncologist Dr Zahoor, fatty liver, also known as nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), has become a major lifestyle-related disease globally.
He said it is closely associated with the intake of high-calorie, processed foods, coupled with insufficient physical activity. Persons with fatty liver often exhibit high BMI, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus, he said.
