Background: Inflammatory bowel diseases are chronic debilitating illnesses, nearly 3,9 million females and nearly 3,0 million males are living with IBD worldwide and the number of prevalent cases is on the rise. Malnutrition is not uncommon and is a grave complication that negatively impacts various clinical outcomes as it responsible for chronic weight loss. The current study aims to assess the nutritional status of IBD patients. Patients and methods: A cross sectional study was conducted in Medical city hospital for a period of 6 months, the study included 201 IBD patients were chosen randomly upon their entry to Gastrointestinal outpatient clinic (every 5th patient), patients were interviewed, their files were checked, data were collected and their current nutritional intake were logged into excel sheet, Subjective Global Assessment (SGA) nutritional assessment were done for each patient. In all statistical analysis, P value ≤0.05 is considered significant. Results: More than half 105 (52.2%) of the patients had UC and the remaining 96(47.8%) had CD.

Introduction: Cirrhosis is incurable, irreversible chronic liver disease  and impose a health and economic burden. Malnutrition is related to the progression of liver dysfunction and it is associated with many complications. The current study aims to perform a nutritional assessment for patients with liver cirrhosis using SGA, and study the relationship between protein energy malnutrition and severity of liver cirrhosis using Child-Pugh score. Patients and methods: Cross-sectional study was conducted in Baghdad medical city for 4 months on 50 liver cirrhotic patients. Patients were interviewed, recall diet history, current nutritional requirement, SGA and Child-Pugh score were calculated for each patient, p value ≤ 0.05 were considered significant Results: The average age was 54.7±14.7 years. Majority were men, married, of primary or less education, living in urban settings. NAFLD (34%) and alcohol (32%) were the leading causes. Twenty-nine (58%) had sever disease and 16 (32%) were malnourished. The study showed a significant association between severity of disease and patients’ state of nutrition.