About

Love Your Gut is a nationwide initiative, dedicated to highlighting the vital role of the digestive system and the importance of maintaining good gut health. It has been estimated that around 40% of people have at least one digestive symptom at any one time1. The Love Your Gut initiative also incorporates Love Your Gut Week, the annual digestive health awareness campaign.

Love Your Gut and Love Your Gut Week are initiatives of Yakult UK Limited, in association with Guts UK, St Mark’s Hospital Foundation and the Primary Care Society for Gastroenterology.

In Ireland the campaign is supported by the Irish General Practice Nurses Educational Association.

About the partners:
Guts UK is the national charity for the digestive system and our mission is to improve the lives of the millions of people affected by digestive conditions and symptoms.
Our work spans three main areas:

  • Information and support.
  • Awareness raising and public education.
  • Research and PPIE (patient and public involvement and engagement).

St Mark’s Hospital Foundation supports research, education and innovation at St Mark’s, the UK’s national bowel hospital. The projects we support drive clinical improvements for patients living with complex bowel diseases and enhance disease understanding.

The Primary Care Society for Gastroenterology is the voice of primary care gastroenterology, a voice that is listened to by those making decisions which affect primary care. Our mission is to promote primary care gastroenterology. We believe that education, clinical excellence and research are essential and the opportunities to contribute to health care immense.

Irish General Practice Nurses Educational Association (IGPNEA) is a professional membership association of General Practice Nurses. The main objective of the association is the advancement of education in general practice in Ireland.

For more information on the Love Your Gut initiative or Love Your Gut Week campaign, email info@loveyourgut.com.

1 Dr Anton Emmanuel, consultant gastroenterologist at University College Hospital in London