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ReviewIndian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology2021

Diet and nutrition in the management of inflammatory bowel disease.

Pabitra Sahu, Saurabh Kedia, Vineet Ahuja, Rakesh K Tandon

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Review in Indian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Mediterranean diet in treatment of inflammatory bowel disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Indian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology · 2026
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  3. Dietary Patterns and Food Choices of Adults With Inflammatory Bowel Disease in New Zealand.JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Pabitra SahuDepartment of Gastroenterology and Human Nutrition, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110 029, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9847-0136
Saurabh KediaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Human Nutrition, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110 029, India.
Vineet AhujaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Human Nutrition, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110 029, India.
Rakesh K TandonInstitute of Gastroenterology, Pushpawati Singhania Hospital and Research Institute, Sheikh Sarai Phase 2, New Delhi, 110 017, India. drrakeshtandon@hotmail.com.
All India Institute of Medical Sciences · INPushpawati Singhania Research Institute · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The role of diet and its manipulation in the management of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is gradually acquiring central stage. Certain dietary factors have been identified as putative triggers in IBD as some other factors are found to be protective. The dietary manipulation as part of comprehensive IBD care should be done by the clinician in conjunction with a skilled dietitian. Nutritional deficiencies are common in patients with IBD and can have long-term effects on disease course and quality of life in these patients. So, early identification and correction of these deficiencies along with proper nutritional supplementation should be addressed routinely as a part of IBD management. Oral nutritional supplementation is sufficient for most patients, but in some sick patients, tube feeding may be necessary. Diet needs to be individualized based on the nutritional deficiencies and dietary triggers in a specific patient. Multiple specific diets, with elimination of components that trigger inflammation or addition of components that alter gut microbes in a favorable way, are now appearing as a treatment option in IBD, but more evidence is required before their universal recommendation. Though enteral nutrition (EN) (both exclusive enteral nutrition [EEN] and partial enteral nutrition [PEN]) have proven therapeutic role in pediatric IBD, their uses and role are now expanding in adult IBD patients as well.

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Inflammatory Bowel DiseasesQuality of LifeChildDietEnteral NutritionHumansNutritional StatusCrohn’s Disease Exclusion DietExclusive enteral nutritionFODMAPSInflammatory bowel diseaseNutritionParenteral nutritionPartial enteral nutrition

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PMID34037954
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