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Does this integral condition characterise $L^\infty$?

Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb R^d$ be a bounded connected open set with smooth boundary. Suppose $f \in L^1_{\text{loc}} (\Omega)$ is nonnegative and such that there exists some constant $C > 0$ such that for every $x \in \Omega$, and every open ball $B \subset \Omega$ containing $x$, we have

$$f(x) \leq \frac{C}{|B|} \int_{B} f.$$

Is it true that $f \in L^\infty (\Omega)$ if and only if the above condition is satisfied?

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