OCTOBER 12, 2022

New Practice Update: Role of Nutrition in IBS

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William Chey, MD

As mounting evidence points to dietary interventions as a primary treatment for irritable bowel syndrome, a new clinical practice update from the American Gastroenterological Association outlines the role of nutrition in IBS management.

“Anywhere between two-thirds and three-fourths [of IBS patients] relate symptoms to eating food,” said lead author of the update, William Chey, MD, a professor of gastroenterology and nutrition at the University of Michigan, in Ann