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Specific carbohydrate diet for pediatric inflammatory bowel disease in clinical practice within an academic IBD center

Obih, Chinonyelum, Wahbeh, Ghassan, Lee, Dale, Braly, Kim, Giefer, Matthew, Shaffer, Michele L., Nielson, Heather, Suskind, David L.·2016·Nutrition

Abstract

Objective Despite dietary factors being implicated in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), nutritional therapy, outside of exclusive enteral nutrition (EEN), has not had a defined role within the treatment paradigm of pediatric IBD within IBD centers. Based on emerging data, Seattle Children's Hospital IBD Center has developed an integrated dietary program incorporating the specific carbohydrate diet (SCD) into its treatment paradigm. This treatment paradigm uses the SCD as primary therapy as well as adjunctive therapy for the treatment of IBD. The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential effects of the SCD on clinical outcomes and laboratory studies of pediatric patients with Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC).Methods In this retrospective study, we reviewed the medical records of patients with IBD on SCD.Results We analyzed 26 children on the SCD: 20 with CD and 6 with UC. Duration of the dietary therapy ranged from 3 to 48 mo. In patients with active CD (Pediatric Crohn's Disease activity index [PCDAI] >10), PCDAI dropped from 32.8 ± 13.2 at baseline to 20.8 ± 16.6 by 4 ± 2 wk, and to 8.8 ± 8.5 by 6 mo. The mean Pediatric Ulcerative Colitis Activity Index for patients with active UC decreased from a baseline of 28.3 ± 10.3 to 20.0 ± 17.3 at 4 ± 2 wk, to 18.3 ± 31.7 at 6 mo.Conclusion This retrospective review provides evidence that the SCD can be integrated into a tertiary care center and may improve clinical and laboratory parameters for pediatric patients with nonstructuring, nonpenetrating CD as well as UC. Further prospective studies are needed to fully assess the safety and efficacy of the SCD in pediatric patients with IBD.

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  • The specific carbohydrate diet was developed in the 1930s for patients with celiac disease but is also employed to treat Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, diverticulitis, and chronic diarrhea.

    “The SCD was developed in the 1930s as a dietary protocol intended for patients with celiac disease [111] but it is also employed to treat Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, diverticulitis and chronic diarrhea [112,113,114].”

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Authors
Obih, C., Wahbeh, G., Lee, D., Braly, K., Giefer, M., Shaffer, M. L., Nielson, H., & Suskind, D. L.
Affiliations
Seattle Children's Hospital (US)
Corresponding author
Suskind, David L.
Venue
Nutrition
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2016-04
Volume
32
Issue
4
Pages
418-425
ISSN
0899-9007 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1858794165
Cited by
171
References
23
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2026: 8 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 19 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 17 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 26 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 23 · 2016: 10
FWCI
10.30
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Nutrition (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
Keywords
specific carbohydrate diet, pediatric inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, dietary therapy, nutritional therapy, Pediatric Crohn's Disease Activity Index, clinical outcomes
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Child, Child, Preschool, Colitis, Ulcerative, Crohn Disease, Diet, Dietary Carbohydrates, Female, Humans, Infant, Male, Retrospective Studies, Young Adult

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