Researchers from Oxford University have found that alcohol multiplies the risk of liver diseases in obese people. The study conducted on more than one million women analyzed a relation between body mass index and liver cirrhosis.

Another study conducted by Boffins of the Universities of Glasgow and Bristol concluded that the BMI and alcohol consumption together add to the risk of liver diseases in men by 19 times those of normal or underweight ones.

Obesity adds to the likelihood of the fat build-up within the liver of an obese person that helps in the formation of fatty acids causing cirrhosis.

The health experts explain that liver disease cases are rapidly rising in UK.

She said that controlling alcohol consumption and obscenity are both required to reduce the probability of liver problems.

"Fatty liver is also found in people with a high alcohol intake and diabetes", she added.

Professor Christopher Byrne and Dr Sarah Wild from the University of Southampton and University of Edinburgh, respectively, analyzed the study. They opined that the researchers must come up with a diagnosis on-alcoholic fatty liver disease in the next study.

However, they appreciated the present study and said that it depicts the message "prevention is better than cure".