Fatty liver disease symptoms: The visual warning sign on your legs, ankles and feet - Express

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the term for a range of conditions caused by a build-up of fat in the liver.

There are different stages of NAFLD and each stage presents its own set of symptoms.

Cirrhosis is scarring (fibrosis) of the liver caused by long-term liver damage.

One of the important important countermeasures is to lose weight.

It’s important not to lose weight too quickly though, because, as Bupa points out, this could cause problems with your liver.

The most effective way to lose weight is to engage in regular exercise and specific exercises have been shown to directly target NAFLD.

In fact, research published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) found that resistance exercise specifically improves NAFLD independent of any change in body weight.