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Prophylactic effects of nutrition, dietary strategies, exercise, lifestyle and environment on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Xiangyong Hao, Hao Song, Xin Yu Su, Jian Li, Youbao Ye, Cailiu Wang, Xiao Dong Xu, Guanglong Pang et al.. Annals of Medicine, 2025-02-12
Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies
Reasonable nutrient intake encompassing macronutrients and micronutrients have an independent protective relationship with NAFLD. Besides, proper dietary strategies including mediterranean diet, intermittent fasting diet, ketogenic diet, and dietary approaches to stop hypertension diet have their inhibitory effects on the developmental process of NAFLD. Moreover, right exercises including walking, jogging, bicycling, and swimming are recommended for the prevention of NAFLD because they could effectively reduce weight, which is an important risk factor for NAFLD, and improve liver function. In addition, embracing a healthy lifestyle including reducing sedentary behavior, not smoking, sleeping well and brushing teeth regularly is integral since it not only could reduce the risk of NAFLD but also significantly contribute to overall prevention and control. Finally, the environment, including the social and natural environments, plays a potential role in NAFLD prevention. Nutrition, dietary strategies, exercise, lifestyle and environment play an important role in the prevention of NAFLD. Moreover, this review offers comprehensive prevention recommendations for people at high risk of NAFLD.
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APA 7th
Hao, X., Song, H., Su, X. Y., Li, J., Ye, Y., Wang, C., et al. (2025). Prophylactic effects of nutrition, dietary strategies, exercise, lifestyle and environment on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Annals of Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1080/07853890.2025.2464223
Vancouver
Hao X, Song H, Su XY, Li J, Ye Y, Wang C, et al. Prophylactic effects of nutrition, dietary strategies, exercise, lifestyle and environment on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Annals of Medicine. 2025. doi:10.1080/07853890.2025.2464223. PMID: 39943720.
BibTeX
@article{hao2025-39943720,
author = {Hao, Xiangyong and Song, Hao and Su, Xin Yu and Li, Jian and Ye, Youbao and Wang, Cailiu and Xu, Xiao Dong and Pang, Guanglong and others},
title = {{Prophylactic effects of nutrition, dietary strategies, exercise, lifestyle and environment on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease}},
journal = {Annals of Medicine},
year = {2025},
doi = {10.1080/07853890.2025.2464223},
pmid = {39943720},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1080/07853890.2025.2464223}
}
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Key findings
- Reasonable nutrient intake encompassing macronutrients and micronutrients have an independent protective relationship with NAFLD.
- Besides, proper dietary strategies including mediterranean diet, intermittent fasting diet, ketogenic diet, and dietary approaches to stop hypertension diet have their inhibitory effects on the developmental process of NAFLD.
- Moreover, right exercises including walking, jogging, bicycling, and swimming are recommended for the prevention of NAFLD because they could effectively reduce weight, which is an important risk factor for NAFLD, and improve liver function.
- In addition, embracing a healthy lifestyle including reducing sedentary behavior, not smoking, sleeping well and brushing teeth regularly is integral since it not only could reduce the risk of NAFLD but also significantly contribute to overall prevention and control.
- Finally, the environment, including the social and natural environments, plays a potential role in NAFLD prevention.
Why it matters
This review is about preventing nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, not Alzheimer's disease. It reports that nutrients, dietary strategies such as the Mediterranean diet, exercise, healthy lifestyle habits and environment may help prevent NAFLD.
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Study details
- Study designnarrative review
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 42/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomized / blinded because the record does not state it. We have no data on senior author's track record, so that was left out: it earned 40 of the 96 points we could judge it on, which is 42 out of 100.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Annals of Medicine) |
| Journal's citation record | 2 / 4 | Annals of Medicine: journal h-index 163 (OpenAlex, 2026-10-29) |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | Design recorded as “narrative review”, which our rubric does not rank (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 4 / 5 | 2025 — within 3 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 0 / 4 | Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 0 / 3 | Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Randomized / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomization or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | 3 / 7 | Cited 17 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10) |
| Citations per year | 2 / 5 | 5.7 citations a year over 3 year(s) since 2025 |
| Impact for its field and year | 4 / 6 | Cited 10.6× the average for papers of its field and year (OpenAlex FWCI) |
| Cited by studies here | 0 / 6 | No other study in this library cites it |
| Still being cited | 2 / 4 | Cited 17 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex) |
| Senior author's track record | — / 4 | OpenAlex's profile for last-listed author Tian Luo holds only 3 work(s), too few to judge a track record — left out of this score |
| Institution's track record | 0 / 3 | Gansu Provincial Hospital: institution h-index 106 (OpenAlex) |
| Multicenter collaboration | 1 / 3 | OpenAlex lists 2 institution(s) in 1 country |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 39943720) |
| Free to read | 2 / 2 | Free to read |
| Points | 40 / 96 | Scored on 19 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 40 of the 96 points we could judge it on is 42 out of 100. |
| Total | 42 / 100 | — |
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- DOI: 10.1080/07853890.2025.2464223
- PubMed: 39943720
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