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Jennifer Lai, MD, on Counseling Patients About Liver-Healthy Nutrition

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Jennifer Lai, MD, shares science-backed strategies for clinicians to counsel patients on nutrition and liver health.

As the global burden of fatty liver disease continues to rise, clinicians are increasingly turning to nutrition-based interventions as frontline management. In this final installment of our liver health series in partnership with the Global Liver Institute (GLI), Jennifer Lai, MD, transplant hepatologist and Physician Nutrition Specialist at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), shares evidence-based strategies clinicians can use to counsel patients on the role of diet and lifestyle in liver disease prevention and management.