59 Million in U.S. Have Fatty Liver Disease, a Serious Condition: Am I at Risk?
26,000 Americans Die Each Year from Complications Stemming from Fatty Liver Disease
2. Population with NAFLD: American college of Gastroenterology, http://www.gi.org/patients/gihealth/fld.asp3. Population of the US, July 2008, US Census Bureau: 304,059,724.
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