ST. LOUIS (KMOX) — There's growing concerns about fatty liver disease among liver transplant specialists.
A recent study just came out suggesting alcohol-related disease has overtaken Hepatitis C as the top reason for liver transplants.
However, the surgical director of transplants at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital -- SLU Care's Dr Henry Randall -- says that's not really the case.
"The actual primary indication for liver transplants that surpassed everything was fatty liver disease," he told KMOX Health Editor Fred Bodimer.
Fatty liver disease has been linked to high-sugar diets.
"You don't have to be fat (to have the disease), but a person whose diet and body habits lends itself to the liver having too much fat in it."