Di Chio, Teresa; Sokollik, Christiane; Peroni, Diego G; Hart, Lara; Simonetti, Giacomo; Righini-Grunder, Franziska; Borrelli, Osvaldo (2021). Nutritional Aspects of Pediatric Gastrointestinal Diseases. Nutrients, 13(6) Molecular Diversity Preservation International MDPI 10.3390/nu13062109
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In the last decade, the role of nutritional management in pediatric gastrointestinal diseases has gained increasing popularity. Disease-specific diets have been introduced as conventional treatments by international guidelines. Patients tend to more willingly accept food-based therapies than drugs because of their relatively "harmless" nature. Apart from a diet's therapeutic role, nutritional support is crucial in maintaining growth and improving clinical outcomes in pediatric patients. Despite the absence of classical "side effects", however, it should be emphasized that any dietary modification might have negative consequences on children's growth and development. Hence, expert supervision is always advised, in order to support adequate nutritional requirements. Unfortunately, the media provide an inaccurate perception of the role of diet for gastrointestinal diseases, leading to misconceptions by patients or their caregivers that tends to overestimate the beneficial role of diets and underestimate the potential adverse effects. Moreover, not only patients, but also healthcare professionals, have a number of misconceptions about the nutritional benefits of diet modification on gastrointestinal diseases. The aim of this review is to highlight the role of diet in pediatric gastrointestinal diseases, to detect misconceptions and to give a practical guide for physicians on the basis of current scientific evidence.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Review Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Endocrinology (DFKE) > Clinic of Paediatric Medicine 04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Endocrinology (DFKE) > Clinic of Paediatric Medicine > Paediatric Gastroenterology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Sokollik, Christiane |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
2072-6643 |
Publisher: |
Molecular Diversity Preservation International MDPI |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Anette van Dorland |
Date Deposited: |
04 Feb 2022 09:12 |
Last Modified: |
13 Aug 2023 10:05 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.3390/nu13062109 |
PubMed ID: |
34205445 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
diet eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases food functional gastrointestinal diseases inflammatory bowel diseases non-IgE-mediated gastrointestinal food allergy nutrition pediatric gastrointestinal diseases therapy |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/164481 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/164481 |
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