Avoiding food avoidance in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

Abstract

Food avoidance is prevalent among patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Bonsack et al. recently reported high rates of partial (62%) or total (36%) exclusion of food groups among patients with IBD attending an IBD nutrition clinic in France. Common excluded food groups included raw vegetables and fruits, legumes, and dairy products. Active disease and the use of small molecules or investigational drugs were associated with food avoidance. 1 This studyThis is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.