Affiliation:
1. Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education «Omsk State Medical University» of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
Abstract
The diagnosis and management of patients with obesity and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is now the role and importance of the first contact a doctor (therapist and general practitioner). The article discusses the diagnostic algorithm of obesity, based on the classification AAСE / ACE (2014), and the possibility of ursodeoxycholic acid as part of treatment and prevention recommendations in patients with NAFLD associated with obesity.
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