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Nutrition and dietary guidelines in gastrointestinal disorders vary in scope, rigour and recommendations, contributing to variations in practice. This Comment identifies nutrition and dietary guidelines for gastrointestinal disorders, namely chronic constipation, irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease, and examines the methodologies used to develop them.
Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) has emerged as the most common chronic liver disease worldwide, with the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) being severely affected. By shifting towards preventive hepatology, MENA can mitigate the rising tide of MASLD and its complications, reduce health system costs and improve patient outcomes.