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Nutrition in Digestive Health - Videos

A Review of Current and Emerging Issues for the Gastroenterologist

It is self-evident that the primary role of the digestive system is to extract nutrients from the food we eat and eliminate that which is not needed; furthermore many digestive complaints are induced by eating or by the ingestion of specific food ingredients. However, in gastroenterology education and training, nutrition, as a topic, is often ignored or scarcely discussed, leaving the practitioner ill-equipped to deal with the many nutritional issues that arise in the assessment and management of his or her patient. Nutrition should be at the very core of our understanding of the gut and its function; by making nutrition the focus of this years World Digestive Health Day the World Gastroenterology Organisation brings appropriate attention to the importance of nutrition in digestive health and disease.

Eamonn Quigley, President WGO (2005 - 2009)

 

Watch Videos Below

	Introduction and Overview Eamonn M M Quigley (WGO President 2005 - 2009)
	Nutrition in clinical practice: implications, assessment and management Jon L Shaffer Director, Intestinal Failure Unit Hope Hospital and University of Manchester Salford, UK
	Nutrition and healthy bones; an important issue for the gastroenterologist! Kevin Cashman Professor of Food and Health National University of Ireland Cork, Ireland
	The functional food revolution; the roles of probiotics and prebiotics in gastroenterology Francisco Guarner Hospital Val d’Hebron Barcelona, Spain
	Obesity and the gastroenterologist Eamonn M M Quigley Professor of Medicine and Human Physiology Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre National University of Ireland Cork, Ireland
	Food allergy; separating fact from fiction Jonathan Hourihane Professor of Pediatrics National University of Ireland Cork, Ireland