Researchers looking for a way to improve symptoms of reflux and slow the progression of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis may want to offer their patients the same advice: Lose weight.
Two studies presented at the 2021 annual meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology found that weight loss can lead to significant gastrointestinal benefits in people with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).
Multiple Benefits
In the GERD study (abstract 4), a large