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Obesity and Your Gastrointestinal Health

Gastrointestinal Health | colon, esophagus, gallbladder, Gastrointestinal, Health, liver, obesity, pancreas, rectum, small intestines, Stomach

By Steven G. Desautels Obesity is a growing medical and public health problem worldwide. The health implications of obesity include a wide spectrum of benign digestive diseases such as gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), Barrett’s esophagus (BE), erosive esophagitis, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), gallstones, and pancreatitis and digestive organ cancers such as cholangiocarcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma […]