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Any activity you can keep doing. Aim for 150 minutes a week of brisk walking or similar, plus some strength exercise.

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Exercise lowers liver fat even if your weight does not change much.

Start small, for example 10 minutes a day, and build up. In hot weather, walk early, late, or indoors.

Add strength exercise twice a week, such as light weights, resistance bands or body-weight moves.

Sources

EASL–EASD–EASO Clinical Practice Guidelines on the management of MASLD. J Hepatol 2024;81:492–542. Link
Younossi ZM, et al. Global consensus recommendations for MASLD and MASH. Gastroenterology 2025;169(5):1017–32. Link

Last updated 2026-10-03. Based on international and Saudi guidelines. Education only: it does not replace your doctor. Read the disclaimer.

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