Gut microbiome

Professor Wayne Cutfield discusses the gut microbiome and its impact on conditions like obesity, autism, metabolic disorders, and C.difficile.

Topics

Intro
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The gut microbiome defined
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Key features of a healthy gut microbiome
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How to improve your gut microbiome
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How do I know if my microbiome is out of balance
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Specific health conditions that we can identify
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Is there a role for testing
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Responding test results
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Specific lifestyle advice
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Antibiotics and probiotics
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Fecal microbiota transplantation
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The gut-brain axis (GBA)
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The future of gut microbiome treatments
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Take-home messages
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Take home messages

Remember, your gut microbiome is part of you.
What you eat, you are sharing with your microbiome.
Be aware of it, but not dominated by it.
Standard lifestyle/diet advice is also appropriate here.

Presenter

Wayne Cutfield

Professor of Paediatric Endocrinology at the Liggins Institute

Wayne is a Professor of Paediatric Endocrinology at the Liggins Institute and a Practising paediatric endocrinologist at Starship Children's Hospital. His current focus areas of research are:

The role of the microbiome in health and disease including microbiome human treatment in adolescents and young adults with trials in metabolic syndrome and obesity, autism and anorexia nervosa.
Investigating early life (fetal and infancy) environmental factors that affect childhood metabolism (obesity and diabetes), growth and development in ways that could lead to chronic conditions in adult life.
Understanding the epidemiology of childhood obesity and investigating interventions that could prevent or treat obesity.
Strategic frameworks that translate research findings to policy and practice to improve child wellbeing outcomes