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Nutrition and lung health

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

Mangalam K. Sridhar
Mangalam K. Sridhar*
Affiliation:
Staffordshire General Hospital, Weston Road, Stafford ST16 3SA, UK
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*Corresponding author: Dr Mangalam K. Sridhar, fax +44 (0) 1785 230980, email Mksridhar@btinternet.com
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There is an increasing interest in the relationship between nutrition and lung health. Epidemiological studies suggest that dietary habits may have an influence on lung function and the tendency to common lung diseases such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer. In particular, a diet rich in fresh fruit and fish has been associated with a salutary effect on lung health. End-stage COPD is associated with a state of nutritional depletion which is refractory to conventional nutritional supplementation. In contrast, malnutrition associated with cystic fibrosis is amenable to nutritional therapy, which has been shown to improve prognosis in this disease.

Keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseLung cancerCystic fibrosisNutritional therapy
Type
Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism Group Symposium on ‘Nutrition and lung health’
Information
Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 58 , Issue 2 , May 1999 , pp. 303 - 308
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1999

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