PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A recent study led by Oregon Health and Science University found that late-night snacking could be bad for liver health.
The study – published Friday in the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology – found an increase in the correlation between people who reported late-night eating and a higher risk for developing two types of liver disease: metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and cirrhosis.
“A few studies have hinted at this idea, but this is among the first long-term analyses to explicitly draw the connection to fatty liver disease,” said lead author Robert Wilechansky, M.D., a hepatologist at OHSU who specializes in liver transplantation…