Sara Massironi, Chiara Viganò, Andrea Palermo, Lorena Pirola, Giacomo Mulinacci, Mariangela Allocca, Laurent Peyrin-Biroulet, Silvio Danese
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which includes Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, has become increasingly prevalent worldwide in the past decade. The nutritional status of patients with IBD is often impaired, with malnutrition presenting as imbalanced energy or nutrient intake, including protein-energy malnutrition, disease-related malnutrition, sarcopenia, and micronutrient deficiency. Additionally, malnutrition can manifest as overweight, obesity, and sarcopenic obesity. Malnutrition can lead to disturbances in gut microbiome composition that might alter homoeostasis and cause a dysbiotic state, potentially triggering inflammatory responses...
March 15, 2023: Lancet. Gastroenterology & Hepatology