Background & Aims Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease affects∼ 30% of US adults, yet the role
of sugar-sweetened beverages and diet soda on these diseases remains unknown. We
examined the cross-sectional association between intake of sugar-sweetened beverages or
diet soda and fatty liver disease in participants of the Framingham Offspring and Third
Generation cohorts. Methods Fatty liver disease was defined using liver attenuation
measurements generated from computed tomography in 2634 participants. Alanine …