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Lifestyle modification, specifically weight loss, dietary changes, and physical exercise, is the foundational treatment for adults with MASLD, alongside optimal management of comorbidities.
Focus on sustainable lifestyle changes: lose weight through a balanced diet and regular physical activity. Avoid alcohol. Manage other health conditions like diabetes and high blood pressure with your doctor.
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In adults with MASLD, lifestyle modification – including weight loss, dietary changes, physical exercise and discouraging alcohol consumption – as well as optimal management of comorbidities – including use of incretin-based therapies (e.g. semaglutide, tirzepatide) for T2D or obesity, if indicated – is advised.
Why this rating
Based on systematic reviews and RCTs supporting lifestyle interventions.
Source
EASL-EASD-EASO Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD)
Frank Tacke et al. · Obesity Facts · 2024
DOI 10.1159/000539371
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