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Liver Update: Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Obesity Treatment

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eMediNexus    12 December 2021

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) remains the prime prevalent cause of chronic liver disease globally, which is strongly related to obesity and insulin resistance.

Recent Findings have shown that-

  • Significant weight loss tends to improve NAFLD and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). 
  • Diet and exercise that result in a sustained bodyweight reduction of 7–10% can improve liver fat content, NASH, and fibrosis. 
  • Vitamin E can be considered in patients with biopsy-proven NASH without diabetes; however, it must be cautiously used in patients with prostate cancer.
  • Pioglitazone can be administered in patients with or without diabetes for improving liver histology, including fibrosis. 
  • Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) antagonists still demand more investigations before they can be recommended in patients with NASH.
  • Bariatric surgery, with resultant weight loss, can improve liver fat and inflammation.
  • Improvement in liver fat content, liver inflammation and fibrosis remains the goal of the treatment.

Source- Curr Obes Rep 2019;8: 220–228. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13679-019-00345-1

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