La identificación precisa de autores e instituciones es clave para garantizar la calidad, trazabilidad y visibilidad de la producción científica. El uso de identificadores estándar como ORCID para los profesionales y ROR para las instituciones asegura una atribución correcta y homogénea de las contribuciones, reduciendo errores y carga administrativa.
ORCID vincula de forma única la actividad investigadora de cada autor y facilita su integración en plataformas y procesos de evaluación. ROR estandariza la identificación institucional, evitando duplicidades y mejorando la representación del impacto científico.
La correcta implementación de estos identificadores refuerza el posicionamiento y la visibilidad tanto de los profesionales como de la institución, y resulta esencial para acreditaciones, evaluaciones, memorias científicas, justificación de financiación y definición de indicadores de calidad e impacto.
Role of the gastroenterologist in the comprehensive management of people living with obesity. SEPD Position Paper
Abstract:
Obesity represents the most prevalent chronic metabolic disease and one of the greatest healthcare and social challenges of our time. Its close association with multiple digestive disorders-including metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), various digestive cancers, inflammatory bowel disease, and gastroesophageal reflux disease-positions the gastroenterologist as a key actor in its detection, stratification, and comprehensive management. The SEPD position statement underscores the need to move beyond a complication-centered approach and to establish the gastroenterology consultation as a privileged entry point for the care of individuals living with obesity. SEPD advocates for a digestive-centered framework that integrates prevention, advanced diagnostics, pharmacological therapies, endoscopy, and surgery within a continuum of care led by gastroenterologists. Distinctively, the position statement incorporates metabolic endoscopy as a minimally invasive and cost-effective alternative, serving as a bridge between pharmacological treatment and surgery-an area in which Spanish gastroenterologists have developed recognized expertise and international leadership. It also promotes a stigma-free approach, calling for respectful and equitable language as part of the society's explicit ethical commitment. Furthermore, SEPD emphasizes the importance of real-world registries focused on digestive outcomes, fostering collaborative research and the generation of evidence applicable to both clinical practice and health policy. Taken together, this document reaffirms SEPD's clinical, scientific, and social commitment in the fight against obesity, advancing an innovative, person-centered, interdisciplinary, and humanistic approach aimed at transforming healthcare delivery and decisively contributing to the improvement of digestive and overall population health.
