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The Gastro Girl Podcast - How Obesity Can Affect GI Health Conditions
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How Obesity Can Affect GI Health Conditions

The Gastro Girl Podcast

05/25/21

37m

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What are the effects of obesity on GI health conditions? It's a bigger problem than you think, especially in the United States. That's why we asked leading endoscopist and obesity expert Dr. Pichamol Jirapinyo to share her expertise with us, fresh off of co-authoring “Obesity Primer for the Practicing Gastroenterologist” in The American Journal of Gastroenterology. We discuss the options available for obesity management, as well as why a multidisciplinary approach may be helpful for patients and providers.

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EoE is a chronic, allergic inflammatory disease of the esophagus that can leave adults struggling with their diet. So imagine if you were in our guest, Kathleen Sable's shoes, and your infant son was diagnosed with this rare disease. Kathleen details her caregiver journey, and the steps she had to go through to give her son, Jeremy, as normal an upbringing as possible. Jeremy also joins us in this heartwarming mother/son patient story to share his perspective and what living with EoE means for him today

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Did you know there are a host of bugs living in your gut? That’s right, the gut microbiome consists of bacteria, archaea and fungi all living in your digestive tract. Researchers have published emerging data showing how the gut microbiome plays a key role in GI diseases, including those impacting the esophagus. Here to help us understand the findings and theories is Dr. David Johnson, the former President of The American College of Gastroenterology.

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