Nutrition News

SAN DIEGO — Individuals who actively smoked experienced worse outcomes after bariatric surgery, including death and serious morbidity, according to data presented at Digestive Disease Week.

Although patients on a high-fiber diet experience increased bloating, researchers from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine found that if they lowered their sodium intake, their bloating decreased.

June 27 is World Microbiome Day. Created in 2018, World Microbiome Day aims to gather international microbiome researchers to raise awareness of the diverse world of microbes.

ImmusanT announced that it will discontinue its phase 2 global study of Nexvax2, a peptide-based immunomodulatory vaccine intended to treat celiac disease, according to a company press release.

SAN DIEGO — Male sex and advanced age are both risk factors for the development of early-onset colorectal cancer, according to results of a case-control study presented at Digestive Disease Week.

SAN DIEGO — Patients with gastroparesis who have vitamin, mineral or protein deficiencies, which is about half of patients, are more prone to symptoms of nausea and vomiting, according to study results presented at Digestive Disease Week.

Advanced glycation end products, or AGEs, which are found in abundance in junk food, are likely associated with the significant increase of food allergies among children in recent years, according to study results presented at the annual meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition.

In this guest commentary from Feeding Matters, James A. Phalen, MD, Medical Director of Feeding Matters discusses a newly-published article that he co-authored on pediatric feeding disorder. Phalen serves as developmental pediatrician, University Health System, University Medicine Associates, San Antonio, Texas; Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics, University of Texas Health San Antonio, Texas; and Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland.

Men who eat at least two servings of yogurt a week could have a reduced risk for developing precancerous growths in the bowel, according to data published in Gut.

In this guest editorial, Joel E. Lavine, MD, PhD, chief of pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology, and nutrition at th e Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons , discusses the future of treating nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and its progressive form, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, as these epidemics accompany with increasing obesity prevalence . He explains that even with upcoming therapeutics and noninvasive screening methods, appropriate diet and exercise are vital to avoiding and treating these diseases.