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WORLD GASTROENTEROLOGY NEWS OCTOBER 2018
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WGO Guidelines News
New Diet and the Gut Guideline
Published
WGO has announced the release of
the new Diet and the Gut Guideline.
This new Guideline, chaired by Prof.
Govind Makharia of the All India Institute
of Medical Sciences, Gastroenterology
& Human Nutrition in New
Delhi, India and Prof. Peter Gibson
of the Department of Gastroenterology
at Monash University and Alfred
Health in Melbourne, Australia, is
intended for use by health providers,
including family-care and primarycare
physicians, gastroenterologists,
pharmacists, and nutritionists/dietitians
around the world. “The general
public -- and in particular those who
suffer from gastrointestinal ailments
-- rightly perceive their diet as being a
major determinant of such symptoms
and seek guidance on optimal dietary
regimens.” stated Professor Makharia.
Professor Gibson noted, “This
Global WGO Guideline includes a set
of cascades intended to provide context
sensitive and resource-sensitive
options for the dietary approach to
gastrointestinal conditions.” Through
the WGO cascades, the WGO Guidelines
program aims to provide clinical
practice recommendations that are
useful in many different environments
across the world. With WGO “cascades,”
the intention is to recognize
differences in disease epidemiology,
sociocultural factors, and health-care
provision that exist in different parts
of the world and the ways in which
they preclude, in most instances, the
promulgation of a “one size fits all” or
a single gold-standard approach.
This guideline was produced in
connection with the World Digestive
Health Day (WDHD) held in
2016 on the theme of “Diet and the
Gut.” The Guideline Development
Review Team consisted of experts on
the WDHD theme as well as invited
experts, including diet and nutrition
specialists, pharmacists, and primarycare
physicians.
In addition to Professors Makharia
and Gibson, the global Review Team
included Julio Bai (Argentina), Sheila
Crowe (USA), Tarkan Karakan (Turkey),
Yeong Yeh Lee (Malaysia), Lyndal
McNamara (Australia), Jane Muir
(Australia), Nevin Oruc (Turkey),
Eamonn Quigley (USA), David Sanders
(UK), Caroline Tuck (Australia),
Cihan Yurdaydin (Turkey) and Anton
LeMair (Netherlands). The guideline
and can be accessed at http://www.
worldgastroenterology.org/guidelines/
global-guidelines/diet-and-the-gut.
New GERD translations available
French, Portuguese and Spanish translations
of the Gastroesophageal reflux
disease (GERD) guideline have just
been published on the WGO website.
Gastroesophageal reflux disease
(GERD) can be defined as troublesome
symptoms sufficient to impair
an individual’s quality of life, or injury
or complications that result from the
retrograde flow of gastric contents into
the esophagus, oropharynx, and/or
respiratory tract. Reflux-induced symptoms,
erosive esophagitis, and longterm
complications may have severely
deleterious effects on daily activities,
work productivity, sleep, and quality of
life. The Montreal definition of GERD
states that “troublesome symptoms”
may be considered to be moderate to
severe symptoms that occur on one or
more days per week.
Coming soon …
Work is continuing on a brand new
Pancreas Cystic Lesions Guideline being
led by Professors Juan Malagelada
(Spain) and Nalini Guda (USA).
As for updates of existing Guidelines,
the Endoscope Disinfection
Guideline, which is chaired by Professor
Tony Speer (Australia) as well as
With WGO “cascades,” the
intention is to recognize
differences in disease
epidemiology, sociocultural
factors, and health-care
provision that exist in
different parts of the world
and the ways in which they
preclude, in most instances,
the promulgation of a “one
size fits all” or a single goldstandard
approach.