The AGA Institute Clinical Practice Updates Committee and the Governing Board published evidence-based intervention advice for lifestyle modifications for treating nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in Gastroenterology.
“Lifestyle modifications, which include diet and physical activity to achieve weight loss, are the cornerstone of treatment for NAFLD,” Zobair M. Younossi, MD, from Center for Liver Diseases and department of medicine at Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Falls Church, Virginia, and colleagues wrote. “Additionally, restriction or elimination of alcohol consumption and optimal management of cardiometabolic comorbidities are also highly important.”