Fatty liver disease and your heart.

DIABETES complications; HEART disease risk factors; LIVER physiology; FATTY liver prevention; BIOPSY; EXERCISE; FATTY liver; WEIGHT loss; MORBID obesity; DISEASE complications; DIAGNOSIS

The article discusses the link between heart disease and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). It notes that heart disease accounts for more than 25 percent of deaths among people diagnosed with NAFLD. It attributes fatty liver disease to excess body fat and diabetes, with some 90 percent of severely obese people positive for NAFLD. It suggests that fat-afflicted liver leads to the development of dangerous plaque in the heart's arteries.