Following on from last week’s blog about central and visceral fat, it feels right to look more closely at fatty liver and why it matters. Most of us think of liver disease as something caused by alcohol. That is understandable. Alcohol can damage the liver, and for many years it dominated the public conversation. But there is another form of liver disease that is now extremely common. It is linked less to alcohol and more to the way modern life affects our metabolism, through

I say this as a GP, but also as a man who has had to deal with it. Central weight can creep on quietly. It can happen during busy years, stressful years, family years, working years, or simply because habits change and the body changes with them.

Many of the conditions that affect men do not appear suddenly. Heart disease, type 2 diabetes, some cancers, frailty, poor mental health and loss of independence often develop over many years, and can often be prevented.

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