Fat around your organs makes your liver store more fat and stops your body responding to insulin.

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SIRT1 Transcription Is Decreased in Visceral Adipose Tissue of Morbidly Obese Patients with Severe Hepatic Steatosis

Cross-Sectional Study

Human

The study found that in very obese people with severe fatty liver, their belly fat isn’t working right — it’s producing harmful signals that make the liver store more fat and the body less able to use insulin, which matches the claim.

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and obesity: Biochemical, metabolic and clinical presentations

Narrative Review

2014 Jul 28

This study shows that fat around the organs (visceral fat) releases harmful substances that flood the liver, causing fat buildup, insulin resistance, and other metabolic problems — exactly what the claim says.

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