This year's #WorldDigestiveHealthDay theme is

Obesity: An Ongoing Pandemic.

The impact of #obesity on the development of #comorbidities and subsequently the effect on life expectancy is as devastating as any infectious #pandemic.

The challenge for us is to be able to deliver #affordable care of obesity and its comorbidities to a world with variable resources, expertise and cultural practices.

The World Gastroenterology Organisation (#WGO) has partnered with The International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (#IFSO) to raise awareness of Obesity as the ongoing pandemic through its annual public advocacy and #awareness campaign, World Digestive Health day (#WDHD).

WDHD is celebrated each year on May 29th with associated activities and initiatives continuing throughout and beyond the campaign year. WDHD will provide #gastroenterologists, #surgeons, nutritionists their #patients, and the lay #public, with an understanding of the latest basic and clinical research in the #pathogenesis, investigation and treatment of #obesity. This campaign seeks to translate #research into #clinical practice and facilitate #communication between physicians, allied health professionals, #healthcare payers, and the public.

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