Food choices and beliefs in adults with inflammatory bowel disease in Sweden
Sara Andersson, Katarina M Korwel, Klas Sjöberg, Katarina Pihl Lesnovska, Kevin Whelan, Charlotte RH Hedin, Alexandra Vulcan · 2026
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Sara Andersson and co-authors survey how Swedes with inflammatory bowel disease think about food in a 2026 study. Diet both triggers and manages these diseases, yet restrictive eating risks deficiencies, and patient beliefs were poorly mapped in Sweden. A forty-two-item questionnaire went to all adult members of the national patient organization; seven hundred thirty-eight replied.
Seventy-one percent said the disease shapes their thoughts about food. Crohn's patients changed diets and avoided feared foods more than ulcerative colitis patients. Forty-two percent had never received dietary advice from clinicians, and the gap was widest in ulcerative colitis, where over half lacked advice. The authors flag an uneven guidance landscape: the group with less dietary counseling may simply be improvising alone.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Sara Andersson, Katarina M Korwel, Klas Sjöberg, Katarina Pihl Lesnovska, Kevin Whelan, Charlotte RH Hedin, Alexandra Vulcan |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 43 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |