9 fatty liver symptoms you need to watch out for

People who are overweight are at an increased risk of NAFLD. Since the obesity rate in Australia is on the rise – more than two thirds of the population is overweight or obese – the threat is more prevalent than ever. Dr Loomba cautions that visceral fat (the kind stored in your abdomen that gives you a big gut) is a big concern. “As the body mass index goes up and people go from a BMI of 30 to 35 to 40, the prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease starts going up,” he says. “We’re finding that the visceral fat correlates well with liver fat especially in middle-aged and younger adults.”