Webinar on Obesity and its Effects on Liver

May 29, 2021

The World Gastroenterology Organization (WGO) celebrates World Digestive Health Day (WDHD) and initiates a yearlong, worldwide, public health campaign and awareness to the 2021 theme entitled as Obesity: An Ongoing Pandemic.

This year On World Digestive Health Day, Pakistan Society for the Study of Liver Disease -PSSLD, Métier Groupe and Pakistan’s Largest Electronic Media Group Express Tribune joined hands for a live session on the topic of Obesity and Its Effects on Liver. Sponsored by Métier Groupe.

The webinar hosted various esteemed speakers as well as liver specialists, and featured scientific talks on the causes, prevention, screening, and management regarding the Obesity.

Métier Groupe is raising awareness of obesity and the impact on the development of comorbidities and subsequently the effect on life expectancy, which is as devastating as any infectious pandemic along with optimal health and nutrition, viral hepatitis, irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, enteric infections and their relationship to clean water, clean food and a clean environment, common GI symptoms in the community, liver cancer, and gut microbes.