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Moderate-intensity aerobic exercise (3-6 Mets/h fast walking) is as effective as intensive exercise (8-10 Mets/h treadmill running) for improving fatty liver, body weight, waist circumference, and blood pressure in obese patients with NAFLD.
If you have fatty liver or obesity, you do not need to run hard to see benefits. Walking fast for 30 minutes, five days a week, improves your liver, weight, and blood pressure just as well as running. Focus on consistency rather than intensity.
ModerateQualifiesMEDIUM confidence
Moderate exercise is as effective as intensive exercise in improving fatty liver, and reducing body weight, waist circumference and blood pressure.
Why this rating
Based on a single randomized controlled trial (NCT01403532) cited in a commentary; not a large-scale multi-center meta-analysis.
Source
Helping people with diabetes to exercise 帮助糖尿病患者运动
Zachary T. Bloomgarden et al. · Journal of Diabetes · 2014
DOI 10.1111/1753-0407.12234
narrative_reviewCited 4×
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