This disease was rare in the old days because it was unusual to accumulate enough fat to damage the liver. However, many people in the United States now suffer from NAFLD and NASH. No cases of NASH were reported before 1998. In contrast, a statistic from a website called "Partners In Liver Wellness" provides alarming information. The site states: “As a result of the ongoing obesity epidemic in the United States, fatty liver is a very common disorder with approximately two-thirds of obese adults and half of obese children having accumulation of fat in the liver”8. It also mentions that up to 20% of those who are obese may suffer from NASH. That's a scary number if this happened to, say, West Anchorage High School. In US high schools, approximately 20% of students are obese. If half of these students will suffer from NAFLD, one in ten students will suffer from it. If you are in a classroom with fifty students, one of them will die from NASH. Throughout West High, approximately 40 students will be affected by this disease. The next text specifically talks about the type of food we should eat to prevent this disease. It says, "[Omega-6] supports skin health, lowers cholesterol, and helps make our blood 'sticky'"8. Omega-6 fatty acid is found in poultry, eggs, avocado, hemp oil, soybean oil and cottonseed oil. Omega-3s are another fat that is good for humans. According to the text, it reduces the risk of heart disease and stroke and helps reduce the symptoms of hypertension. Many types of fish contain omega-3 fatty acids. Scientific research states that humans should consume omega-3 and omega-6 in a ratio of 1:1 to 1:4. In contrast, in a typical American meal, Amer...... middle of paper ......onalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Np: np, 2012. Mayo Clinic Health Letter. March 2012. Web. 26 April 2014.6. Nutrilite. “How do milk thistle and dandelion help liver cells?” YouTube. YouTube, September 15, 2009. Web. May 16, 2014.7. Park, Alice. "Young guys, old bodies." Time March 3, 2014: 40. Middle Search Plus. Network. April 26, 2014. .8. “Partners in liver wellness.” Partner in liver wellness. Np, nd Web. April 25, 2014.9. "Interview with Providence". Telephone interview. May 19, 2014.10. RAK, KIMBERLY. "The morbid diet-microbe union". Nature April 2011: 40-41. Student Research Center. Network. April 28. 2014. .