conclusions this intervention offers a practical approach for treatment of patients with nafld with diet therapy. patients and methods forty four patients with nafld received a diet including a 500 to 1000 kcal per day intake reduction as30% fat, 15% protein, and 55% carbohydrate for six months. anthropometric parameters, alanine aminotransferase (alt), aspartate aminotransferase (ast), gamma g...

fatty liver disease (fld) is the most prevalent form of liver disease worldwide. overnutrition can induce nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld), a spectrum of conditions ranging from simple steatosis [or nonalcoholic fatty liver (nafl)] to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and cirrhosis. some of the epidemiological and pathological studies have also suggested an association between the presence o...

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is an umbrella term for a range of liver conditions affecting people who drink little to no alcohol. As the name implies, the main characteristic of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is too much fat stored in liver cells. Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, a potentially serious form of the disease, is marked by liver inflammation, which may progress to scarrin...

BACKGROUND Visceral adiposity is the major risk factor for paediatric nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. AIMS Determine the prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease according to the visceral fat quartile. SUBJECTS 181 obese adolescents including 113 girls (16.58+/-1.56 years) and 68 boys (16.87+/-1.62 years) were evaluated. METHODS The inclusion criteria were obesity and post-puberta...

background: recent studies demonstrated that resveratrol has many therapeutic effects on liver disorders. resveratrol significantly increased survival after liver transplantation, decreased fat deposition, necrosis, and apoptosis which induced by ischemia in wistar rats. it provided liver protection against chemical, cholestatic, and alcohol injury. resveratrol can improve glucose metabolism an...

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is increasing in pediatric age group parallel to the growing prevalence of obesity and overweight all around the world. So changing in life style and   interventions on obesogenic environment is cornerstone of NAFLD therapy in obese children. Some experts recommend that children and adolescents be encouraged to follow a low-fat, low-glycemic-index diet t...

background: polycystic ovary syndrome (pcos) is highly associated with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld). there are extensive ethnic differences in the clinical manifestations, pathological changes, and ovarian changes in women with pcos. objective: to investigate the prevalence and clinical characteristics of nafld in chinese women with pcos. materials and methods: non-pregnant women w...

background: nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld) is the most common cause of chronic liver disease in the world. although some studies have been conducted about dietary intakes of these patients, but the results are inconsistent. the aim of this study was to survey all macronutrients and micronutrients included in dietary intake of these patients for better understanding the factors influen...

background: the aim of this study was to assess the association between insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld) in chinese adults. methods: fifty five subjects with nafld and 55 controls were enrolled for the study. waist circumference, blood pressure, plasma triglyceride, high density lipoprotein cholesterol and fasting plasma glucose concentrations ...