Exercise Training Is Associated With Treatment Response in Liver Fat Content by Magnetic Resonance Imaging Independent of Clinically Significant Body Weight Loss in Patients With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Jonathan G StineKara DiJosephZach PattisonAlex HarringtonVernon M ChinchilliKathryn H SchmitzRohit LoombaPublished in: The American journal of gastroenterology (2022)
Independent of weight loss, exercise training is 3 and a half times more likely to achieve clinically meaningful treatment response in MRI-measured liver fat compared to standard clinical care. An exercise dose of at least 750 Metabolic Equivalents of Task-min/wk appears required to achieve treatment response. These results further support the weight-neutral benefit of exercise in all patients with NAFLD.
Keyphrases
- weight loss
- magnetic resonance imaging
- bariatric surgery
- roux en y gastric bypass
- high intensity
- adipose tissue
- contrast enhanced
- gastric bypass
- skeletal muscle
- physical activity
- healthcare
- resistance training
- computed tomography
- weight gain
- diffusion weighted imaging
- glycemic control
- body mass index
- obese patients
- insulin resistance
- magnetic resonance
- body composition
- pain management
- liver fibrosis
- health insurance