Nutritional Support for Gastrointestinal Diseases
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Clinical Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 March 2025) | Viewed by 4213
Special Issue Editors
Interests: pediatric gastroenterology; inflammatory bowel disease; celiac disease; nutrition; intestinal failure; endoscopy; enteral nutrition; parenteral nutrition
Interests: inflammatory bowel disease; coeliac disease; artificial nutrition; food allergies; intestinal failure; functional gastrointestinal disorders
Special Issue Information
Nutrition is a fundamental factor for many gastrointestinal (GI) conditions and there is probably no GI disease for which the diet has not been involved as an etiological, predisposing, and/or curative element.
In some GI conditions, the dietetic factor represents the main etiological agent, and specific dietetic treatments have curative roles, such as gluten and the gluten-free diet in celiac disease. In other situations, a specific dietary pattern increases the risk of developing a GI condition (e.g., inflammatory bowel disease) or contributes to symptoms relapse. In many GI diseases, a special diet represents a valuable treatment option (e.g., the exclusive enteral nutrition in pediatric Crohn’s Disease or the low-FODMAP diet in irritable bowel syndrome). Furthermore, many gastrointestinal conditions due to malabsorption/maldigestion and consequent malnutrition require specific nutritional support. Lastly, intestinal microbiota and gut immunity, involved in many GI immune-mediated pathologies, are strongly influenced by dietary changes.
This complex interplay between nutrition and gastrointestinal pathology can have a thousand facets and as many implications. With this Special Issue, we aim to explore this intriguing relationship and to provide new evidence to this broad topic. Authors are encouraged to submit to this new Special Issue original research articles or reviews that address the role of nutrition as a support or cure for specific GI conditions, at mechanistic, observational, and epidemiological levels.
Dr. Simona Gatti
Dr. Francesca Penagini
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nutritional support
- enteral nutrition
- parenteral nutrition
- inflammatory bowel disease
- celiac disease
- intestinal failure
- malabsorption
- necrotizing enterocolitis
- cholestasis and liver disease
- mediterranean diet
- antioxidant diet
- neurologically impaired children
- food allergies
- eosinophilic esophagitis
- metabolic diseases
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