Hyderabad, Feb. 23 -- Nearly two out of every five adults in Hyderabad are living with fatty liver disease, which happens due to excess fat building up inside the organ, largely due to lifestyle factors.

It was found during a pan-India study published in The Lancet Regional Health.

Rising fatty liver disease linked to sedentary lifestyle in Hyderabad

As per the report, at 40.9 per cent, the city's prevalence of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is slightly higher than the national average of 38.9 per cent.

The research, led by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), assessed more than 10,000 adults across 27 cities.

In Hyderabad, nearly half of men (46 per cent) and over one-third of w...