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Good digestive health is important for overall health and well-being. A healthy gut helps to:

• Digest food and absorb nutrients.
• Remove waste from the body.
• Fight off infection.
• Produce hormones that regulate digestion, mood, and sleep.
• Maintain a healthy weight.
• Reduce the risk of chronic diseases, such as heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and some types of cancer.

Digestive health refers to the health of the gastrointestinal tract, which is a series of organs that work together to break down food and absorb nutrients. The gastrointestinal tract includes the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum, and anus.

Here are five common diseases of the digestive system:

• GERD: stomach acid flows back into the esophagus
• IBS: abdominal pain, bloating, changes in bowel movements
• IBD: chronic inflammation and damage to digestive tract
• Peptic ulcers: sores on stomach or small intestine lining
• Gallstones: hardened deposits in the gallbladder causing pain in upper abdomen.

World Digestive Health Day is a global awareness campaign that is celebrated every year on May 29. The campaign is organized by the World Gastroenterology Organisation (WGO) and its member societies. The goal of the campaign is to raise awareness of digestive health and disease, and to promote prevention, diagnosis and treatment.