Obesity and excessive alcohol consumption unfortunately too often lead to premature death. Despite the proliferation of health campaigns that encourage people to be reasonable and maintain a healthy lifestyle, these two scourges are far from receding. Worse still, they are causing an increase in liver disease which, by 2020, will be one of the leading causes of death according to a recent scientific study. Published in Lancet Medical Journal , research claims that liver disease, as it is also called, will overtake heart disease in the near future:by comparing the number of professional years lost due to these two types of disease (i.e. deaths that will occur before retirement age), scientists have established that there would be 80,000 for liver disease against 76,000 for heart disease.
“These deaths concern relatively young people, who are in the middle of their life. In my department, a third of the patients are under 40 says liver specialist and professor Nick Sheron to the Daily Mail . Really very worrying... The phenomenon of binge-drinking, which has been widespread among the younger generations for several years now, reinforces the probability of the scientific team's forecasts. “Many of us are putting our livers at great risk by consuming alcohol without moderation […] The shocking figures show that we are in crisis with liver disease. We have an interest in addressing liver diseases as early as possible and ensuring that practitioners have all the tools necessary to diagnose and prevent these diseases “says Judi Rhuys, head of the British Liver Trust association. . It's cold in the back... And why not make good resolutions this December by slowing down on New Year's Eve aperitifs?
