Question

A 68-year-old woman with long-standing obesity and type 2 diabetes is found to have elevated liver enzymes and ultrasound evidence of hepatic steatosis without cirrhosis. According to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease management, what is the cornerstone of treatment?

Accepted Answer

Weight loss through diet and exercise

Answer

High-dose corticosteroids

Answer

Long-term broad-spectrum antibiotics

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Routine liver biopsy every year

Answer

Immediate liver transplantation

Practice question

A 68-year-old woman with long-standing obesity and type 2 diabetes is found to have elevated liver enzymes and ultrasound evidence of hepatic steatosis without cirrhosis. According to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease management, what is the cornerstone of treatment?