Nutritional therapy in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease

Abstract

Inflammatory bowel diseases(IBD) are a series of nonspecific chronic intestinal disorders, the pathogenesis is still not clear.The subtypes of IBD include Crohn′s disease(CD), ulcerative colitis and inflammatory bowel disease unclassified.Previous studies showed high proportion of malnutrition and growth retardation in IBD children.So it′s critical to do nutritional therapy in IBD children.Recently exclusive enteral nutrition is recognized as an effective therapy for pediatric CD to induce clinical remission and releases the parents′concerns of side effects from traditional medications.Here, the nutritional management of pediatric IBD and the role of exclusive enteral nutrition in pediatric CD were reviewed. \n \n \nKey words: \nInflammatory bowel disease;\xa0Child;\xa0Enteral nutrition;\xa0Parenteral nutrition