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Hidden condition: You could have a fatty liver without drinking alcohol

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Playing pickleball helped Mr Joseph Lim, 66, lose 5kg and improve his health. He was diagnosed in 2022 with MASLD, earlier known as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Playing pickleball helped Mr Joseph Lim, 66, lose 5kg and improve his health. He was diagnosed in 2022 with MASLD, earlier known as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

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SINGAPORE – Mr Gabriel Ng, 39, does not like alcohol, so he was surprised to learn that he had a fatty liver that put him at risk of further organ damage.

He did not even have any symptoms to alert him that he had non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

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