«Time and time again it has been shown that those with
alcoholic liver disease consume very large quantities of alcohol, and as a result, they purchase the cheapest alcohol, irrespective of their income.
«In addition, primary - care physicians in the community will want to screen regularly for the presence and extent of alcohol drinking, as well as the potential contributing factors of obesity and ethnicity as high risk factors for the development of
alcoholic liver disease in their high alcohol -
consuming patients.»