Mediterranean Diet and Ultra-Processed Food Intake in Older Australian Adults-Associations with Frailty and Cardiometabolic Conditions.

Dietary patterns contribute to overall health and diseases of ageing but are understudied in older adults. As such, we first aimed to develop dietary indices to quantify Mediterranean Diet Score (MDS) utilisation and Ultra-processed Food (UPF) intake in a well-characterised cohort of relatively healthy community-dwelling older Australian adults. Second, we aimed to understand the relationship between these scores and the association of these scores with prevalent cardiometabolic disease and frailty.

The effect of dietary emulsifiers and thickeners on intestinal barrier function and its response to acute stress in healthy adult humans: A randomised controlled feeding study.

Background: Although dietary emulsifiers are implicated in the pathogenesis of Crohn's disease, their effect has not been studied in humans.

Aim: To determine the effects of high- and low-emulsifier diets (HED, LED) on intestinal barrier function in healthy subjects in unstressed and acutely stressed states.

Methods: We conducted a single-blinded, cross-over, controlled feeding trial in 22 healthy adults.

Development of Novel High and Low Emulsifier Diets Based upon Emulsifier Distribution in the Australian Food Supply for Intervention Studies in Crohn's Disease.

Background: The aims of this study were to develop and evaluate a high/low-emulsifier diet and compare emulsifier content with preclinical studies that have associated Crohn's disease with emulsifiers.

Methods: Supermarkets were audited with a seven-day high- (HED) and low-emulsifier diet (LED) meal plan developed. The emulsifier content of food was sought from food manufacturers, compared to acceptable daily intake (ADI), and doses were provided in trials.

Practical application of the Crohn's disease exclusion diet as therapy in an adult Australian population.

There is demand from patients and clinicians to use the Crohn's disease exclusion diet (CDED) with or without partial enteral nutrition (PEN). However, the therapeutic efficacy and nutritional adequacy of this therapy are rudimentary in an adult population. This review examines the evidence for the CDED in adults with active luminal Crohn's disease and aims to provide practical guidance on the use of the CDED in Australian adults.

Lessons from an audit of exclusive enteral nutrition in adult inpatients and outpatients with active Crohn's disease: a single-centre experience.

Objective: To evaluate clinical outcomes, patterns of use, tolerance and nutritional outcomes of exclusive enteral nutrition (EEN) in adults with Crohn's disease and to compare initiation in the inpatient compared with ambulatory care setting.

Design/method: Adults with Crohn's disease who received EEN at a single centre over 2.5 years were identified and outcomes assessed via examination of patient records.

Dietary management of adults with IBD - the emerging role of dietary therapy.

Historically, dietitians played a minor part in the management of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. Patients were commonly referred for consequences of uncontrolled disease, such as malnutrition and bowel obstruction risk. Today, dietitians are fundamental members of the multidisciplinary IBD team, from educating on the role of diet at diagnosis and throughout the lifespan of a patient with IBD to guiding primary induction therapy.