Alcohol consumption is a risk factor for many chronic diseases and conditions. The average
volume of alcohol consumed, consumption patterns, and quality of the alcoholic beverages …

Aims As part of a larger study to estimate the global burden of disease and injury attributable
to alcohol: to evaluate the evidence for a causal impact of average volume of alcohol …

Background Specific dietary and other lifestyle behaviors may affect the success of the
straightforward-sounding strategy “eat less and exercise more” for preventing long-term …

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common cause of chronic liver disease
worldwide, with a prevalence of 25–30%. Since its first description in 1980, NAFLD has …

Based on the fact that energy content in 1 gram of alcohol is 29 kJ or 7.1 kcal, alcohol
consumption can lead to weight gain. The present review was conducted to analyze the …

OBJECTIVE—This meta-analysis was undertaken to obtain insight regarding the shape and
strength of the relationship between alcohol consumption and the risk of type 2 diabetes, the …

The increased recognition that the worldwide increase in incidence of obesity is due to a
positive energy balance has lead to a focus on lifestyle choices that may contribute to …

Adipose tissue represents a large volume of biologically active tissue that exerts substantial
systemic effects in health and disease. Alcohol consumption can profoundly disturb the …

Diabet. Med. 27, 398–404 (2010) Abstract Aims Time trends in overweight and obesity in the
general population have been well documented; however, temporal patterns in Type 1 …

Current medical practice artificially dichotomises a diagnosis of fatty liver disease into one of
two common forms: alcoholic liver disease (ALD) and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease …