Clinical nutrition ESPEN
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Clinical nutrition ESPEN · Jun 2019
Food avoidance in outpatients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease - Who, what and why.
Food avoidance is common with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and adherence to dietary guidelines is poor, contributing to under and over nutrition. Reasons for food avoidance have not been previously explored in detail. This study of IBD outpatients aimed to describe food avoidance patterns and rationale behind this, and describe source and confidence with dietary advice. ⋯ High prevalence of avoidance of nutritious foods and low confidence in dietetic advice amongst people with IBD is of concern. Further work is needed to build trust and ensure patients are provided with evidence-based nutrition recommendations to manage their symptoms whilst optimizing nutritional quality of their diet.