Sedentary Postmenopausal Women With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) Submitted to Physical Activity

Were included 40 patients with NAFLD followed at the Ambulatory of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease , Discipline of Clinical Gastroenterology, Clinic Hospital of the Medical School of the University of Sao Paulo (HC-FMUSP). Were included adults women of any race, aged 35 to 75 years, diagnosed with NAFLD and were followed for a period of six months. All patients underwent anthropometric and body composition, as well as analysis of clinical, laboratory before and after 6 months of exercise training protocol established. The hypothesis of our research is that aerobic activity had a favorable impact on NAFLD. It is expected that the intervention of physical activity causes a decrease or no weight, decreased levels of aminotransferases, decreased insulin resistance assessed by homeostasis model assessment (HOMA) index and consequently decrease or reversal of hepatic steatosis.