World Digestive Health Day is celebrated every year on May 29 around the world. The holiday provides resources and tools for gastrointestinal (G.I.) diseases to help more people in the general public make better decisions about their health.
Awareness can lead to the early diagnosis and treatment of G.I. diseases, including cancer. It should also be known that G.I. diseases can lead to obesity. It also creates more understanding and better support for patients experiencing digestive diseases when their issues and conditions are better understood by the general public.
World Digestive Health Day was officially established in 2004 to mark the 45th anniversary of the World Gastroenterology Organization’s founding. There are over 100 member societies and 50,000 individual members in the organization all over the world.
Each year, a theme is selected by the World Gastroenterology Organization. This year’s theme is colorectal cancer. Examples of previous themes covered include inflammatory bowel disease and viral hepatitis.
