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Inflammatory bowel diseases and nutritional therapy

  

  1. 1. School of Medicine,  South China University of Technology,    Guangzhou  510006, China;2. Guangzhou First
    People's Hospital,  the Second Affiliated Hospital of South China University of Technology,  Guangzhou  510180,  China;
    3. Department of Gastroenterology,  the Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yatsen University,  Guangzhou  510655, China;
     4.Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Colorectal and Pelvic Floor Diseases,  the Sixth Affiliated Hospital, 
    Sun Yatsen University,    Guangzhou  510655,  China
  • Online:2018-08-05 Published:2018-09-10
  • Contact: Correspondence author: Zhi Min, Email: zhimin@mail.sysu.edu.cn

Abstract: Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are incurable chronic consumptive disorders causing systemic inflammation of the system,  which ismanifested as gastro intestinal (GI) ulcer accompanied with systemic symptoms including  malnutrition and weight loss. Nutritional therapy  is an important part of the management of IBD,  and can be used to induce disease remission and ameliorate malnutrition.

Key words: inflammatory bowel disease, malnutrition, nutritional and metabolic disease