Hosted by Gastroenterology Specialist Group
Chronic constipation is a prevalent burdensome disorder with a significant impact on quality of life. Despite dietary strategies being patients’ preferred management option for their constipation symptoms, previous clinical guidelines provided only a limited number of dietary recommendations, limiting the scope of evidence-based dietary clinical care. In this webinar, the BDA is launching the first ever evidence-based BDA dietary guidelines for the management of chronic primary constipation in adults. These were developed using a rigorous approach, including four systematic reviews and meta-analyses, the GRADE approach and a multi-step Delphi survey among the guideline steering committee. Overall, 59 evidence-based dietary recommendations have been made on several dietary supplements, foods and drinks. The BDA guidelines include dietary strategies that have never been including in previous clinical guidelines before, considerably advancing dietetic care and providing new opportunities to improve patient care.
Speaker
Dr Eirini Dimidi RD, Reader in Nutritional Sciences, King’s College London.
Dr Eirini Dimidi is a Reader in Nutritional Sciences at King’s College London. She has been a registered dietitian and nutritionist since 2011, after completing a BSc in Nutrition and Dietetics and a MSc in Clinical and Public Health Nutrition. This was followed by the completion of a PhD from King’s College London where she investigated the effectiveness of probiotics in people with chronic constipation.
She is leading research on nutrition-based interventions, including fibre, prebiotics, probiotics, plant foods, and plant-based diets in gut function and dysfunction. She is also investigating the mechanisms through which nutritional interventions may affect immune and mental health via the gut microbiome. Dr Dimidi led the development of the first ever UK national dietary guidelines for the management of chronic constipation, which have been endorsed by the British Dietetic Association.
Dr Dimidi was awarded the 2023 Cuthbertson Medal by the Nutrition Society, and the 2022 ISAPP Glenn Gibson Early Career Research Prize for her research on the effect of diet in gut health. She also received the 2021 Rising Star and 2020 Elizabeth Washington awards by the British Dietetic Association.
Cost
- Gastroenterology Specialist Group member free
- BDA member £5.00
- BDA student member £5.00
- Non member dietitian £10.00
- Non member dietetic student £10.00
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