Hugely important topic in our current time #foodinsecurity Thank you #DDW2024 for including this in the program 👏🏼👏🏼. A complex issue that we don’t often pay enough attention to. Presented by Dr Jo Culpepper Morgan

Food insecurity screening should be part of our practice in GI. Cancer pts more vulnerable to it, can impact outcomes. Dr John Carethers #DDW2024

Higher food insecurity rate in MASLD than thise without it-28% of people! Independent of diabetes and obesity. Food insecurity also iNcreases risk of mortality in MASLD- 22% of deaths could be avoided if eliminate FI #DDW2024 Norah Terrault

Practical ways to address FI. We have an ethical obligation to ask about it. Questionnaire may be more sensitive than verbal. Dr Edwin McDonald (gastroenterologist+chef) 🙌🏻 #DDW2024

Goodbye #DDW2024 Washington DC. ✅ Great conference ✅ Very busy nutrition/diet sessions ✅ Fun to catch up with collab’s & friends ✅ Excited to introduce the new Rome Foundation Diet and Nutrition Section with William Chey Magnus Simren 😀

What an impressive integrated service (incl gastropsych, diet, SW, pharmacy) Laurie Keefer, PhD has developed at Mount Sinai IBD Center 👏🏼. Thank you for the opportunity to share some of my work- and for great discussions!👇🏼

Finalise your nutrition in mental health manuscripts and submit!👇🏼

When diet features in first 10 minutes of a a pharma-sponsored day- presentation ‘old drugs still on the menu- mesalazine’ A/Prof Greg at Falk Forum 👏🏼CK Yao PhD, AdvAPD

First Falk workshop for clinicians today- with Simon Knowles Dr Alice Day and Peter Gibson- disordered eating and IBD

Great case discussion- challenge of teasing out if IBD pt presents with disordered eating or ‘normal’ response to disease- level of insight and willingness to change are key - Simon Knowles

Amazing Brisbane putting on its usual sunset show last night….And today at the inaugural Microbial Healthcare Symposium. Prof Gene Tyson presenting on the new Australian Human Microbiome Biobank ahmb.com.au Australian Human Microbiome Biobank

One of my favourite microbiologists who presents so beautifully- Dr Erin Shanahan- today on ‘how the microbiome modifies cancer immunotherapy’ Erin Shanahan

Thank you to Daniel Worthley and committee for the invitation to speak at this first Microbial Healthcare Symposium- just super daunting to be up between these two!😅 A great couple of days in beautiful Brisbane.

The cognobiome- great presentation by another amazing microbiologist ☺️ her work on developing microbiome targeted interventions for defence personnel Emily Hoedt

Please spread the word! We are seeking participants for research into diet and its effects on depression👇🏼👇🏼4 weeks of food provided!

Just stopping by your timeline in case you didn’t know that the Chief Science Advisors for Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States - are all women 🔥

Countdown to our well deserved 5-week holiday - with a bit of work thrown in the last week. 4 SLEEPS TO GO!! Then pizza, pasta, ice cream EVERYDAY!🍕🍝🍦🇮🇹🇬🇧