Which of the following statements would be appropriate in teaching a client how to reduce his risk for fatty liver?
a. Achieve weight loss as quickly as possible.
b. Reduce alcohol intake to three beers a day.
c. Aim for exercise to increase high-density lipoproteins.
d. Making behavioral changes in eating and exercise will always reverse fatty liver.
Question 2
A fatty liver occurs as a result of:
a. eating monosaturated fats, as in tree nuts.
b. increased fat exported from the liver to the blood.
c. blocked bile ducts interfering with removal of excess liver fat.
d. a lack of triglycerides in the liver being bound with very-low-density lipoproteins.
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