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The Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering research on digestive diseases and nutrition in children. It is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins and was established in 1982. [ 1 ]
A clinical and research program in pediatric gastroenterology and a gastroenterological research were established in the 1960s at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne by Charlotte Anderson. Later on an important center focused on nutrition and gut pathophysiology was established by Bertil Linquist in Lund, Sweden.
Alessio Fasano is an Italian-born medical doctor, pediatric gastroenterologist and researcher. He currently holds many roles, including professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and professor of nutrition at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health , both in Boston .
William J. Klish is a Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at Baylor College of Medicine. [1] Klish was educated at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire and the University of Wisconsin–Madison. [2] Klish is a past president of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition.
She also is a researcher in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition at the Massachusetts General Hospital and the Center for the Developing Child of Harvard University. [8] She was previously a Senior Scientist at the Judge Baker Children's Center of Harvard Medical School in Boston's Longwood Medical Area .
The role of nutrition in environmental enteropathy is increasingly being recognized. [43] Environmental enteropathy is likely associated with energy deficiency and underweight. Mice fed a moderately energy- and protein deficient diet who are exposed to intestinal pathogens show traits similar to environmental enteropathy. [ 48 ]
Children who are undernourished before age two and gain weight quickly later in childhood and in adolescence are at high risk of chronic diseases related to nutrition. [14] Studies have found a strong association between undernutrition and child mortality. [15] Once malnutrition is treated, adequate growth is an indication of health and ...
The foregut in humans is the anterior part of the alimentary canal, from the distal esophagus to the first half of the duodenum, at the entrance of the bile duct.Beyond the stomach, the foregut is attached to the abdominal walls by mesentery.