A new study shows that regularly eating fast food isn't just bad for your waistline, it can also damage your liver in ways that are surprisingly similar to hepatitis.

最新研究显示，经常食用快餐油炸食品不仅会让人肥胖，还会损害肝脏，而且对肝脏的损伤类似于肝炎。

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It is characterized by fast inflammation of the liver with obvious infiltration of neutrophils, macrophages and t cells along with a marked and simultaneous increase of the transaminases in the blood.

其特征是在很短时间内小鼠肝脏有大量中性粒细胞、巨噬细胞、T细胞等炎症性细胞浸润，同时血液中转氨酶水平大量升高。

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"If smoking is a disease, drinking is a disease because it causes liver problems and eating fast food is also a disease as it brings about obesity," it says.

“如果吸烟有害健康，那么喝酒也有害健康，因为它会导致肝脏疾病。吃快餐也有害健康，因为会导致肥胖，”该组织称。

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Fats that are taken into the body too quickly - for instance during a fast food binge - tend to be rapidly shunted to non-adipose tissues such as the liver, heart and pancreas, where they can do extensive damage to cells.

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