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Dietary Interventions and Physical Activity as Crucial Factors in the Prevention and Treatment of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease.

Paweł Rajewski, Jakub Cieściński, Piotr Rajewski, Szymon Suwała, Alicja Rajewska, Maciej Potasz

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Review in Biomedicines, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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19 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Paweł RajewskiDepartment of Internal and Infectious Diseases, Provincial Infectious Disease Hospital, 85-030 Bydgoszcz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-9796-8840
Jakub CieścińskiDepartment of Radiology, Provincial Infectious Disease Hospital, 85-030 Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Piotr RajewskiDepartment of Neurology, Collegium Medicum-Faculty of Medicine, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, 85-094 Bygoszcz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-3049-1731
Szymon SuwałaDepartment of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Collegium Medicum-Faculty of Medicine, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, 85-094 Bydgoszcz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-5865-8484
Alicja RajewskaUniversity Clinical Hospital, 60-355 Poznań, Poland.ORCID 0009-0001-9295-9387
Maciej PotaszUniversity Clinical Hospital, 60-355 Poznań, Poland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is the most common chronic liver disease worldwide and affects nearly 30% of the adult population and 10% of the pediatric population. It is estimated that this number will double by 2030. MASLD is one of the leading causes of hepatocellular carcinoma, cirrhosis, and liver transplantation, as well as a significant risk factor for cardiovascular disease and mortality. Due to the ever-increasing number of patients, the long-term asymptomatic course of the disease, serious complications, and lack of preventive programs, as well as insufficient awareness of the disease among patients and doctors themselves, MASLD is a growing interdisciplinary problem and a real challenge for modern medicine. The main cause of MASLD is an inappropriate lifestyle-inadequate nutrition and insufficient physical activity, which lead to various components of metabolic syndrome. Lifestyle changes-appropriate diet, weight reduction, and systematic physical activity-are also the basis for the prevention and treatment of MASLD. Hence, in recent years, so much importance has been attached to lifestyle medicine, to non-pharmacological treatment as prevention of lifestyle diseases. The narrative review presents possible therapeutic options for non-pharmacological management in the prevention and treatment of MASLD. The best documented and available diets used in MASLD were discussed, focusing on the benefits and drawbacks of the Mediterranean, high-protein, ketogenic, and intermittent fasting diets. In addition, the most recent recommendations regarding physical activity are summarized.

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cardiovascular diseasediabetesdiethepatic steatosislifestyleMASLDnon-pharmacological treatmentobesityphysical activity

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PMID39857800
PMCPMC11760440

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