Campaign vs fatty liver disease launched

The Manila Times

Campaign vs fatty liver disease launched  Health experts launch a campaign on metabolic-assisted fatty liver disease, a 'silent' killer which affects at least 10-20 percent of the Filipino population. In separate interviews with the Manila Times, Dr. Jose Sollano of the University of Santo Tomas, Dr. Angelo Lozada of the Hepatology Society of the Philippines, and Dr. Yvonne Ferrer of Opella/Sanofi Healthcare explain why.   VIDEOS BY RED MENDOZA  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital  Sign up to our newsletters: https://tmt.ph/newsletters   Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #themanilatimes #tmtnews  #health  #philippines

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00:00And first, what are bad fats?

00:03Bad fats are like saturated fats.

00:06Crispy fat.

00:07Okay.

00:08Because it's not tasty.

00:10How is that?

00:11I want that.

00:12Okay.

00:13My favorite is lechon kawali.

00:15Lechon kawali.

00:16That's bad.

00:17Oh yeah.

00:18The fat in the lechon kawali and the oil, of course.

00:21It's bathing in oil right when we cook it.

00:24Yeah.

00:25So those are the bad fats.

00:26Swine.

00:27Sugar.

00:28Pati asukal.

00:29You can get metabolic-associated fatty liver disease from sugar?

00:35Yeah, because sugar pushes you to have diabetes, right?

00:39And that's also part of the metabolic constellation that they both mentioned earlier.

00:46So that's also like a risk.

00:48So Dr. Solano, maybe you can take that first.

00:52These people in the room might be asking, wait a second.

00:56My sugar is high enough as it is?

00:58May problema pa ako?

00:59Pwede ako magka-fatty liver?

01:00Ang dali ko lang mag-problema.

01:02Diba?

01:03Because when they go to the doctor, the doctor will say, hey, your sugar's borderline, ah?

01:08Hindi pala yung titik, but borderline.

01:10So Doc, how is that related?

01:13People are thinking, why is it my sugar's high?

01:16How is that related to my fatty liver?

01:19E fatty na ang term.

01:21Good question, Karen.

01:23Good question, Karen.

01:24Of course, when you study biochemistry in medical school,

01:28we know that part of the carbohydrate that's digested in the liver

01:33basically turns into cholesterol.

01:35So there's a link between carbohydrates and fat.

01:40And that is why when you just become obese or you become diabetic

01:45or with just a condition of high blood sugar,

01:48eventually that can turn into some diabetic problems in the liver.

02:18May problem be vegetables, or just a little bit of fattening food.

02:23Less rice in their meals.

02:26I hope they exercise.

02:29And they have a lot of activities that they don't just do on their cellphones.

02:33I think that's the kind of education we need in the primary part of their lives.

02:39And this is happening in schools.

02:42That will really help a lot.

02:44And then, siguro nga kasunodun yung pag-educate natin sa mga parents nila.

02:48Kasi pagat matama ang pagpapalaki ng information na naka-release sa mga parents nila,

02:54maibababa din nila yung sa kanilang pagpapalaki ng anak nila.

02:58Yeah, so yung sinabi ko kanina yung give liver a voice.

03:01Kasi diba silent talaga sya.

03:03Diba sinabi nga ramin.

03:05Especially at the early stage, wala.

03:07Pag may naramdaman ka na, complicated na yun.

03:10Yun na yung fibrosis, cirrhosis, pangat na yung liver.

03:13Our campaign really is to educate.

03:15So we're partnering with the Hepatology Society of the Philippines,

03:19even the Philippines Society for Gastroenterology.

03:21So, not just on doctor education, but also patient education and consumer education.

03:27In fact, even with the pharmacists.

03:29Kasi diba, pharmacists are also frontliners.

03:32So that's why we're also partnering with them.

03:34Kasi especially, patients, we see them, pag bumunta sa botika, diba, nagtatanong eh.

03:41So we're also educating the pharmacists in terms of fatty liver,

03:46the complications, how to manage, diagnose, etc.

03:50So yun, yun yung talagang campaign namin.

03:52Right now really, as you have seen, education, awareness is very important.

03:58That's why we're really looking at ways on how to educate.

04:02At sabi mo nga diba, hanggang yung laylayan. Diba?

04:06So of course, hindi lang ito yung start na yun yung campaign.

04:10Of course, there will be more campaigns later on.

04:13So ano pong yung mga gagawin niyo pang campaigns to really put fatty liver into the spotlight,

04:19lalo na nga sa mga may hirap na mga kaupangin?

04:22So aside from the education and awareness programs,

04:26so yun nga, we're also partnering with some stakeholders, even at the global level.

04:30Kasi nga, yun yung policy shaping, importante rin diba yan.

04:34So and then also the other relevant stakeholders.

04:37So yun. And then also, once we educate and then increase awareness,

04:42kasi diba, when we reach to these patients, we also get to know,

04:46ano pa ba yung data gaps? Ano pa ba yung kailangan nila?

04:49So maybe from there, we can also determine further campaigns,

04:56the ones that are needed talaga.

04:59Nasaan lang po doc? Kano na lang po siguran yung message kasi,

05:03I mean, many Filipinos are not aware na of fatty liver disease.

05:07Parang hindi pa nga nila alam na baka meron na sila dito.

05:10So yung message na lang po sa mga Filipino na of course,

05:13not aware pa sa fatty liver disease and how are they becoming more aware of it?

05:18Okay. So dapat talaga, with your help also, anuhin natin nila.

05:23There is this thing as fatty liver.

05:26Atsaka, hindi porke, hindi ko uminom ng alcohol or ng alcoholic beverages,

05:31hindi ko magkakaroon ng fatty liver because there's non-alcoholic,

05:34there's alcoholic fatty liver disease.

05:36And then there are also a lot of risk factors.

05:38So diet, diba, kung pangit ang diet mo, pwede ka magkaroon ng fatty liver.

05:43And then, kung sedentary living, hindi maganda physical activities mo,

05:48pwede rin. And then, yun nga, too much sugar, too much fats.

05:52Even the mere diagnosis of diabetes, hypertension, obesity,

05:57pwede ka magkaroon ng fatty liver.

05:59So I think the awareness talaga, sabihin natin sa kanila,

06:02para malami nila, ay, there's this disease pala.

06:05And then, yun nga, again, all those things will follow.

06:22For more information, visit www.FEMA.gov

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