- Nine in ten (89%) British adults correctly identify drinking harmful levels of alcohol as one of the main causes of liver disease.
- Two in five (40%) rightly identify obesity as one of the main causes, and over a third (35%) say the same about contracting viral hepatitis.
- However, only one in ten (11%) can correctly identify all three of these as the main causes of liver disease.
- Nine in ten (91%) British adults say that obesity is a serious problem in the UK for population health, while just 6% say that it is not a serious problem.
- British adults are most divided on whether the statement ‘obesity, in isolation, is not a key cause of cancer’ is true or false, with 51% mistakenly thinking it is true.
