This presentation explores the connections between obesity and gastrointestinal (GI) and liver complications. Topics include GERD, colon cancer, and Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatohepatitis (MASLD). The speaker highlights the increased risk of these conditions with obesity and discusses potential lifestyle interventions.
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine; Director, GI Nutrition, Obesity and Celiac Disease Program, Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine- Penn Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Hi. My name is Octavia Pickett-Blakely. I'm a board-certified gastroenterologist and hepatologist, and I have a subspecialty practice in clinical nutrition. I'm here to talk to you today about the gastrointestinal and liver complications of, or GERD, was one of the earliest GI conditions to be associated with obesity. It was recognized with rising rates of obesity and also rising rates of esophageal adenocarcinoma.
There are certain lifestyle and behavioral aspects that are associated with both colon cancer and obesity, including low-fiber diets and diets that are high in ultraprocessed and processed foods. has a strong dose response associated with body weight. There is a specific increase in MASLD starting at a BMI of around 23. MASLD is the earliest part on the continuum of liver disease that can progress to metabolic dysfunction‒associated steatohepatitis , steatohepatitis,.
OBESITY GASTROINTESTINAL HEALTH LIVER DISEASE GERD COLON CANCER
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