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January 26, 2008, Updated January 6, 2012
By Susan M. Callahan, Associate Editor and Featured Columnist
GERD, gastrointestinal reflux disease, is defined as the
condition in which you experience acid reflux more than twice a
week. The treatment for GERD is therefore the same as the
treatment for acid reflux or heart burn.
There are factors which increase your risk for GERD, including
frequent alcohol use, eating spicy foods and foods with
excessive oil, and stress. Research has not yet determined
whether bacteria, such as the bacteria which has been
implicated in causing peptic ulcers, may also be at fault for
causing GERD and other intestinal diseases such as Crohn's
disease.
Being Obese Raises Your Risk for GERD
But one of the biggest risk factors for GERD is being obese,
according to a recent study. A 2011 study from the HUNT
Research Center's Department of Public Health and General
Practice at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology
in Levanger, Norway studied the health records of 30,000
people. The research team discovered that your risk for
developing GERD increases as you age and as you put on
weight.
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