Digestive System and Weight Gain
See also: Alcohol and weight, Alcoholic liver disease, Alcoholic hepatitis, Fatty liver, and CirrhosisThe impact of alcohol on weight-gain is contentious: some studies find no effect, others find decreased or increased effect on weight gain.
Alcohol use increases the risk of chronic gastritis (stomach inflammation); it is one cause of cirrhosis, hepatitis, and pancreatitis in both its chronic and acute forms.
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