MASLD Crisis: 1.8 Billion Fatty Liver Cases by 2050?

The Bombshell Projection

Picture this: by 2050, nearly one in four humans could be grappling with fatty liver disease. That's the stark warning from a new study making waves, projecting 1.8 billion cases of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD)—the fancy new name for what used to be called non-alcoholic fatty liver disease or NAFLD. Right now, it already strikes one in six people globally, clocking in at 1.3 billion cases as of 2023, according to reports from The...