About this Research Topic
There is exponential growth of new cases of chronic liver disease worldwide. Even with the advances related to the treatment of viral hepatitis, this epidemiological scenario can be explained with a significant increase in obesity, alcoholism and physical inactivity. Nutrition plays a fundamental role as a promoting agent in the prevention of fatty liver diseases and hepatocellular carcinoma, as well as in the treatment of liver diseases related to metabolic alterations and as an adjuvant treatment in the most diverse complications characteristic of cirrhosis.
The nutritional management of patients with chronic liver diseases, regardless of etiology, is still a challenge. There are numerous gaps to be understood in the context of body composition, biomarkers, and dietary strategies in the face of the pathophysiology of cirrhosis.
This Research Topic therefore welcomes observational studies, clinical trials, mini-review, systematic review, and meta-analyses relating to themes such as the following:
• Lifestyle and behavioral nutrition in the management of chronic liver diseases;
• Deficiencies of vitamins and minerals in liver health and disease;
• Role of body composition and associations with liver health;
• Nutritional management of chronic liver diseases;
• Potential impacts and roles of human microbiota (e.g., gut microbiome) in chronic liver disease;
• Hepatotoxicity
The nutritional management of patients with chronic liver diseases, regardless of etiology, is still a challenge. There are numerous gaps to be understood in the context of body composition, biomarkers, and dietary strategies in the face of the pathophysiology of cirrhosis.
This Research Topic therefore welcomes observational studies, clinical trials, mini-review, systematic review, and meta-analyses relating to themes such as the following:
• Lifestyle and behavioral nutrition in the management of chronic liver diseases;
• Deficiencies of vitamins and minerals in liver health and disease;
• Role of body composition and associations with liver health;
• Nutritional management of chronic liver diseases;
• Potential impacts and roles of human microbiota (e.g., gut microbiome) in chronic liver disease;
• Hepatotoxicity
Keywords: liver disease, cirrhosis, nutritional assessment, microbiota, sarcopenia, chronic liver disease, clinical nutrition, body composition, fatty liver disease, fatty liver, hepatocellular carcinoma, liver cirrhosis
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