Overlapping heavy drinking and obesity: 1 in 10 American adults

Researchers have found that 1 in 10 adults have overlapping heaving drinking and obesity conditions. It's important to mitigate risk factors for this population to curb rising rates of alcohol‐associated liver disease, according to the study “Heavy Drinking, Alcohol Use Disorder, and Obesity,” published this month in JAMA Internal Medicine .

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Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly
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2026-04-24
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https://doi.org/10.1002/adaw.34896
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Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
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Overlapping heavy drinking and obesity: 1 in 10 American adults

Alison Knopf
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Overlapping heavy drinking and obesity: 1 in 10 American adults

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Researchers have found that 1 in 10 adults have overlapping heaving drinking and obesity conditions. It's important to mitigate risk factors for this population to curb rising rates of alcohol‐associated liver disease, according to the study “Heavy Drinking, Alcohol Use Disorder, and Obesity,” published this month in JAMA Internal Medicine .

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