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Does Diet Still Retain a Value in Gastrointestinal Pathology?

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Despite clinical nutrition has strong evidence on a preventive and a therapeutic level, its value is still underestimated by physicians and health-care professionals (HCPs) [1, 2]. Data showing this problem are listed below:

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Lucchin, L., Schrei, M. (2016). Does Diet Still Retain a Value in Gastrointestinal Pathology?. In: Grossi, E., Pace, F. (eds) Human Nutrition from the Gastroenterologist’s Perspective. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30361-1_5

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