Conceptualised by Dr. Ashwani Kumar

Talk & Workshop from 10:00 to 13:00

Workshop on Alcohol related Health Risk Assessment 
Alcohol-related health risk assessment involves evaluating the amount and pattern of alcohol use, identifying harmful or dependent drinking through screening tools like AUDIT or CAGE. Basic laboratory tests and identification of high-risk groups such as pregnant women, people with diabetes, obesity, or liver disease. Based on findings, individuals are categorized into low-risk, hazardous, harmful use, or alcohol dependence, allowing timely counselling, brief intervention, nutritional support, lifestyle modification, or referral for de-addiction services to prevent long-term organ damage and improve overall health.
By Dr. Prayas Sethi, Associate Professor, Dept of Medicine, AIIMS            

Followed by Assessment of the Risk Factors

(Strictly for IIC members and staff members only)

At 16:00
A short talk on Lifestyle and Liver Disease!
By Prof. S.K. Acharya, Former Professor & Head, Department of Gastroenterology and Dean (Research), A.I.I.M.S., New Delhi
 

Normal Steatosis Liver Damage Fibrosis/Cirrhosis
Lifestyle and liver disease globally is an obesity epidemic. About 1/3 of global population including India are either obese with or without associated diabetes. They may cause increase amount of fat in vessels and vital organs & may result in various organ dysfunction including liver. Such metabolic dysfunction currently are major drivers of various noncommunicable liver disease like Cirrhosis and liver cancer. Fat in liver can be easily identified by obesity (identified by BMI, increased abdominal girth and other simple techniques and tests). These changes in metabolic dysfunction can be prevented, diagnose early & reversed and even advanced diseases can be successfully treated.

Followed by Panel Discussion on Influence of Alcohol Metabolic Dysfunction Associated with Liver Disease (MASLD). Fat & Alcohol: Are these fire and fuel?

Panellists: Dr. Naval K. Vikram, Prof. of Medicine AIIMS, New Delhi; Dr. S. V. Madhu, Director Professor, Department of Endocrinology & Metabolism, UCMS & GTB Hospital, Delhi; Dr. Govind Makharia, Professor of Gastroenterology, AIIMS, New Delhi.

Moderator: Dr. S.K. Acharya, Medical Consultant

Chair: Dr Ashwani Kumar
                                   
Followed by an interactive Q&A with the audience.