Do you have a source for this, even Wikipedia doesn’t seem to name a cause for this disease.
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Not the GP but https://vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/liver-disease-fatty-l...
I have never personally heard that a cat could get fatty liver disease from undereating, but I have heard it's a risk if they don't eat anything all for 24 hours.
In greater than 90% of cats, an underlying disease has caused the inappetence. These may include inflammatory bowel disease, other types of liver disease, cancer, pancreatitis, anxiety, respiratory disease and diabetes mellitus.
So in 90% of these cases, cats were very ill with some other dosease, causing them to forgo food, and this additional symptom sets in.
It should be noted:
* the other 10% could be due to unidentified other issues
* this has nothing to do with withholding food, but with cats purposefully not eating food