Liver Awareness Foundation

Liver health is changing.

What were once considered conditions affecting primarily older adults are now increasingly being identified in younger people.

Liver disease isn’t just one condition. Different liver diseases develop for different reasons, and many progress silently before symptoms start.

Swipe through to understand the different pathways to liver conditions affecting young adults today:

1️⃣ Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease (ALD)
Long-term excessive alcohol use can lead to fat accumulation, inflammation, fibrosis (scarring), and eventually cirrhosis.

2️⃣ Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD)
Associated with metabolic risk factors such as insulin resistance, obesity, high blood sugar, and abnormal cholesterol.

3️⃣ Viral Hepatitis
Often preventable and treatable, yet many people remain unaware they are living with chronic infection because symptoms may not develop until significant liver damage has already occurred.

4️⃣ Liver Cirrhosis
Advanced scarring of the liver that develops after years of ongoing liver injury from many different causes, including alcohol-associated liver disease, MASLD, viral hepatitis, and autoimmune liver diseases.

5️⃣ Autoimmune Liver Diseases
A group of chronic conditions where the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks its own liver cells or bile ducts, leading to inflammation, liver damage, and potentially cirrhosis if left untreated.

Understanding your risk factors and recognizing when to speak with your healthcare provider can help support earlier detection and intervention.

Learn the risks. Protect your future.

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Mind Your Liver. It Needs You.®

🧬 MASLD (FATTY LIVER DISEASE) ISN’T CAUSED BY ALCOHOL. IT’S DRIVEN BY METABOLIC HEALTH.

⚠️ YOUNG ADULTS NEED TO KNOW THAT MODERN LIFESTYLES MAY INCREASE THE RISK OF MASLD.

🛑 MASLD (Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease) develops when excess fat builds up in the liver due to metabolic dysfunction, not alcohol.

MASLD is one of the most common liver conditions worldwide, and in its early stages, it rarely causes noticeable symptoms.

Long periods of sitting, physical inactivity, poor nutrition, and underlying metabolic conditions can all contribute to fat accumulating in the liver over time. That’s why understanding your metabolic health matters, even if you feel completely well.

Protecting your liver starts with:

🟣 Routine liver health check-ups and blood work
🟣 Managing blood sugar, cholesterol, and blood pressure
🟣 Staying physically active and maintaining a healthy weight
🟣 Speaking with your healthcare provider if you have metabolic risk factors

There is absolutely no shame in talking about MASLD.

Understanding your risk and checking your liver health early may help identify liver disease before advanced liver scarring (fibrosis) develops.

👉 Swipe through to learn how MASLD develops, who is at risk, and what you can do to protect your liver.

🔗 Visit liverawareness.org to explore our free,
evidence-based liver health resource library.

Mind Your Liver. It Needs You.®

🚨 1 IN 4 ADULTS WORLDWIDE ARE LIVING WITH MASLD (FATTY LIVER DISEASE), AND MOST HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA.

🛑 MASLD (Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease) is one of the most common liver conditions worldwide. Early fat accumulation in the liver is completely silent, meaning it rarely causes noticeable symptoms until the disease has already progressed.

If you are living with any of the following metabolic risk factors, your liver health deserves attention:

🟣 Insulin resistance
🟣 Type 2 diabetes
🟣 Obesity
🟣 High blood pressure
🟣 Abnormal cholesterol or triglycerides
🟣 A family history of metabolic disease

There is absolutely no shame in talking about MASLD. Early detection and lifestyle changes can help slow, stop, and even reverse liver fat accumulation in many people before permanent liver damage develops.

👉 Swipe through to learn who is at risk, how MASLD progresses, and what you can do to protect your liver.

🔗 Visit liverawareness.org to explore our free, evidence-based liver health resource library.

Mind Your Liver. It Needs You.®

🍷 THE “WINE MOM” LIFESTYLE IS NOT HARMLESS.

It can make heavy drinking look like a harmless aesthetic. But regularly consuming 8 to 14 drinks per week can increase the risk of alcohol-related liver disease and liver cirrhosis in women.

🎙️ Tune into Episode Two of the to hear Dr. Jennifer Flemming discuss the rise of “Wine Mom” culture, how alcohol has become increasingly normalized in everyday life, and why understanding these rising trends matters.

In this eye-opening episode, Dr. Jennifer Flemming explains how rapid cultural changes and normalized drinking habits are contributing to rising rates of alcohol-associated liver disease and liver cirrhosis, especially among women.

🛑 This is important health information for everyone. Whether you’re a young adult navigating social pressures, a mother managing daily stress, a current drinker, or simply looking out for a loved one, this conversation matters.

📺 Watch the full video episode on YouTube.
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Mind Your Liver. It Needs You.®

🍺🍷 ALCOHOL-RELATED LIVER DAMAGE CAN DEVELOP LONG BEFORE SYMPTOMS BEGIN TO APPEAR.

🩸 GET TO KNOW YOUR ALCOHOL LIVER TESTS.

Knowing which liver tests to ask about is the first step toward earlier detection and informed conversations with your healthcare provider.

From routine blood tests (LFTs) to non-invasive liver stiffness scans, fibrosis assessments, and liver ultrasound, today’s tools help healthcare providers evaluate liver health, assess liver injury, and identify scarring that may require further medical evaluation.

Not sure where to start? Ask your healthcare provider which liver tests you should know about.

Mind Your Liver. It Needs You.®

I FEEL FINE. SHOULD I STILL CHECK MY LIVER?

This Father’s Day, we’re gently reminding you about a threat many men may overlook.

Many liver conditions can develop silently, with few or no symptoms in the early stages.

Regular check-ins and appropriate screening can help identify risk factors before symptoms appear, creating opportunities to protect your health and your future.

To all the fathers, grandfathers, brothers, sons, and father figures: Mind Your Liver. It Needs You.®

✖️ 🧬 IT IS NOT ABOUT HOW WELL YOU CAN “HOLD YOUR LIQUOR.”

Many young adult women are unaware that alcohol can affect their bodies differently than men.

It is about biology.

Women naturally have less body water to dilute alcohol and lower levels of alcohol dehydrogenase, an enzyme involved in breaking it down before it enters the bloodstream.

As a result, alcohol can reach higher concentrations in the body and may contribute to a greater risk of alcohol-related liver injury over time.

Understanding how alcohol affects the body is an important part of understanding liver health.

Your liver works silently to protect you every day.

Mind Your Liver. It Needs You.®