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Ferdous F, Filteau S, Schwartz NB, Gumede-Moyo S, Cox SE. Association of postnatal severe acute malnutrition with pancreatic exocrine and endocrine function in children and adults: a systematic review. Br J Nutr 2022; 129:1-34. [PMID: 35504844 PMCID: PMC9899575 DOI: 10.1017/s0007114522001404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2021] [Revised: 04/05/2022] [Accepted: 04/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Severe acute malnutrition may lead both concurrently and subsequently to malabsorption and impaired glucose metabolism from pancreatic dysfunction. We conducted a systematic review to investigate the associations of current and prior postnatal wasting malnutrition with pancreatic endocrine and exocrine functions in humans. We searched PubMed, Google Scholar, Web of Science and reference lists of retrieved articles, limited to articles in English published before 1 February 2022. We included sixty-eight articles, mostly cross-sectional or cohort studies from twenty-nine countries including 592 530 participants, of which 325 998 were from a single study. Many were small clinical studies from decades ago and rated poor quality. Exocrine pancreas function, indicated by duodenal fluid or serum enzymes, or faecal elastase, was generally impaired in malnutrition. Insulin production was usually low in malnourished children and adults. Glucose disappearance during oral and intravenous glucose tolerance tests was variable. Upon treatment of malnutrition, most abnormalities improved but frequently not to control levels. Famine survivors studied decades later showed ongoing impaired glucose tolerance with some evidence of sex differences. The similar findings from anorexia nervosa, famine survivors and poverty- or infection-associated malnutrition in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) lend credence to results being due to malnutrition itself. Research using large, well-documented cohorts and considering sexes separately, is needed to improve prevention and treatment of exocrine and endocrine pancreas abnormalities in LMIC with a high burden of malnutrition and diabetes.
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- Farzana Ferdous
- School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University, Sakamoto Campus, Nagasaki, Japan
- Nutrition and Clinical Services Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Dept of Nutrition, Sports and Exercise, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University, Sakamoto Campus, Nagasaki, Japan
- Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
- Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Sakamoto Campus, Nagasaki, Japan
- UK Health Security Agency, 61 Colindale Avenue, London, UK
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Liver disease in obesity and underweight: the two sides of the coin. A narrative review. Eat Weight Disord 2021; 26:2097-2107. [PMID: 33150534 DOI: 10.1007/s40519-020-01060-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2020] [Accepted: 10/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Malnutrition, whether characterized by not enough or too much nutrient intake, is detrimental to the liver. We herein provide a narrative literature revision relative to hepatic disease occurrence in over or undernourished subjects, to shed light on the paradox where both sides of malnutrition lead to similar liver dysfunction and fat accumulation. METHODS Medline, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library were searched for publications up to July 2020. Articles discussing the association between both chronic and acute liver pathology and malnutrition were evaluated together with studies reporting the dietary intake in subjects affected by malnutrition. RESULTS The association between overnutrition and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is well recognized, as the beneficial effects of calorie restriction and very low carbohydrate diets. Conversely, the link between undernutrition and liver injury is more complex and less understood. In developing countries, early exposure to nutrient deficiency leads to marasmus and kwashiorkor, accompanied by fatty liver, whereas in developed countries anorexia nervosa is a more common form of undernutrition, associated with liver injury. Weight gain in undernutrition is associated with liver function improvement, whereas no study on the impact of macronutrient distribution is available. We hypothesized a role for very low carbohydrate diets in the management of undernutrition derived liver pathology, in addition to the established one in overnutrition-related NAFLD. CONCLUSIONS Further studies are warranted to update the knowledge regarding undernutrition-related liver disease, and a specific interest should be paid to macronutrient distribution both in the context of refeeding and relative to its role in the development of hepatic complications of anorexia nervosa. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Narrative review, Level V.
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Heruc GA, Little TJ, Kohn MR, Madden S, Clarke SD, Horowitz M, Feinle-Bisset C. Effects of starvation and short-term refeeding on gastric emptying and postprandial blood glucose regulation in adolescent girls with anorexia nervosa. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2018; 315:E565-E573. [PMID: 29969316 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00149.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Postprandial glucose is reduced in malnourished patients with anorexia nervosa (AN), but the mechanisms and duration for this remain unclear. We examined blood glucose, gastric emptying, and glucoregulatory hormone changes in malnourished patients with AN and during 2 wk of acute refeeding compared with healthy controls (HCs). Twenty-two female adolescents with AN and 17 age-matched female HCs were assessed after a 4-h fast. Patients were commenced on a refeeding protocol of 2,400 kcal/day. Gastric emptying (13C-octanoate breath test), glucose absorption (3-O-methylglucose), blood glucose, plasma glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP), insulin, C-peptide, and glucagon responses to a mixed-nutrient test meal were measured on admission and 1 and 2 wk after refeeding. HCs were assessed once. On admission, patients had slower gastric emptying, lower postprandial glucose and insulin, and higher glucagon and GLP-1 than HCs ( P < 0.05). In patients with AN, the rise in glucose (0-30 min) correlated with gastric emptying ( P < 0.05). With refeeding, postprandial glucose and 3-O-methylglucose were higher, gastric emptying faster, and baseline insulin and C-peptide less ( P < 0.05), compared with admission. After 2 wk of refeeding, postprandial glucose remained lower, and glucagon and GLP-1 higher, in patients with AN than HCs ( P < 0.05) without differences in gastric emptying, baseline glucagon, or postprandial insulin. Delayed gastric emptying may underlie reduced postprandial glucose in starved patients with AN; however, postprandial glucose and glucoregulatory hormone changes persist after 2 wk of refeeding despite improved gastric emptying. Future research should explore whether reduced postprandial glucose in AN is related to medical risk by examining associated symptoms alongside continuous glucose monitoring during refeeding.
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- Gabriella A Heruc
- Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, SA, Australia
- National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Centre of Research Excellence in Translating Nutritional Science to Good Health , Adelaide, SA , Australia
- The Children's Hospital at Westmead , Sydney, NSW , Australia
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- Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, SA, Australia
- National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Centre of Research Excellence in Translating Nutritional Science to Good Health , Adelaide, SA , Australia
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- The Children's Hospital at Westmead , Sydney, NSW , Australia
- Westmead Hospital , Sydney, NSW , Australia
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- The Children's Hospital at Westmead , Sydney, NSW , Australia
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- Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, SA, Australia
- National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Centre of Research Excellence in Translating Nutritional Science to Good Health , Adelaide, SA , Australia
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- Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, SA, Australia
- National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Centre of Research Excellence in Translating Nutritional Science to Good Health , Adelaide, SA , Australia
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Prioletta A, Muscogiuri G, Sorice GP, Lassandro AP, Mezza T, Policola C, Salomone E, Cipolla C, Della Casa S, Pontecorvi A, Giaccari A. In anorexia nervosa, even a small increase in abdominal fat is responsible for the appearance of insulin resistance. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2011; 75:202-6. [PMID: 21521315 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2011.04046.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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CONTEXT The aim of treatment in patients affected by anorexia nervosa (AN) is weight recovery. However, during weight gain, anorectic patients' body composition is changed, with an increase in abdominal fat, particularly in the visceral compartment. OBJECTIVE We hypothesized that changes in body composition, particularly in abdominal fat, are responsible for the variability in insulin sensitivity (IS) in different stages of AN. DESIGN AND MEASUREMENTS We compared 20 anorectic patients in the acute stage, 19 in the weight-recovery stage and 21 controls. All subjects underwent an oral glucose tolerance test, hyperinsulinaemic euglycaemic clamp and dual energy X-ray absorptiometry to measure body composition. RESULTS The percentage of trunk fat was higher in weight recovery than in the acute phase (47·7 ± 8·4%vs 34·6 ± 7·6%; P ≤ 0·01) and in the control group (33·4 ± 7·6; P < 0·01 vs weight recovery). Although the recovery group gained weight, their body mass index (BMI) was not statistically different from that of the acute group (14·4 ± 1·1 vs 13·6 ± 1·8 kg/m(2) ). Insulin sensitivity was lower in the weight-recovery group than the acute group (4·7 ± 1·5 vs 7·8 ± 1·6 mg/kg/min; P < 0·01) and controls (7·7 ± 1·4 mg/kg/min; P < 0·01). A linear negative correlation was found between IS and the percentage of abdominal fat in the weight-recovery and acute groups (r = -0·51; P = 0·04 and r = -0·53; P = 0·04 respectively), while IS did not correlate with BMI. CONCLUSION Although weight-recovery represents the main aim of treatment in AN, refeeding is associated with an increase in abdominal fat which might be responsible of the onset of insulin resistance. As BMI and weight-recovery were associated with impaired IS, they cannot be considered the only aim of treatment of AN.
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- A Prioletta
- Endocrinologia, Università Cattolica, Rome, Italy
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Tomova A, Makker K, Kirilov G, Agarwal A, Kumanov P. Disturbances in gonadal axis in women with anorexia nervosa. Eat Weight Disord 2007; 12:e92-7. [PMID: 18227633 DOI: 10.1007/bf03327602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED Anorexia nervosa negatively affects multiple body systems including the reproductive system. AIM To assess the disturbances in the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis (HPG) and the relationship between the gonadotropins and body weight, duration of the disease and amenorrhea we studied 40 female anorexic patients (aged 14-31 years) with a body mass index (BMI) 15.14+/-1.80 kg/m(2) and a degree of weight loss 28.67+/-8.74%. Fifteen healthy, age-matched women with normal weight served as controls. METHODS We investigated the disturbances in the gonadotropin levels before and after stimulation with gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) 100 microg i.v. One week later 100 mg of clomiphene citrate (CC) was administered orally for 5 days. RESULTS Basal levels of luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) were significantly lower in the patients. The responses of LH to GnRH were diminished, but those of FSH were exaggerated. However, after clomiphene citrate administration, LH increased 5.4 times whereas FSH increased 1.7 times. The basal levels of LH were significantly correlated with body weight (r=+0.373, p<0.05), BMI (r=+0.385, p<0.01) and percentage of the weight loss (r=-0.356, p<0.05). FSH levels were positively correlated with the duration of the disease (r=+0.481, p<0.01) and amenorrhea (r=+0.540, p<0.01). CONCLUSIONS Our study demonstrates dissociation in the secretion of gonadotropins after hypothalamic stimulation in anorexic patients. It also reveals the relationship between alterations in the hormones of the HPG axis, not only with the changes in body weight, but also with the duration of the disease.
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- A Tomova
- Clinical Center of Endocrinology, Medical University, 1303 Sofia, Bulgaria.
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Brambilla F, Monteleone P, Bortolotti F, Dalle Grave R, Todisco P, Favaro A, Santonastaso P, Ramacciotti C, Paoli R, Maj M. Persistent amenorrhoea in weight-recovered anorexics: psychological and biological aspects. Psychiatry Res 2003; 118:249-57. [PMID: 12834819 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1781(03)00074-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Demographic, psychopathological and hormonal parameters of 22 women with previous anorexia nervosa (AN) presently recovered, in a state of stabilized nutritional normalization for 3 months to 2 years but with persistent amenorrhoea, and of 20 psychophysically healthy age- and sex-matched normally menstruating controls were studied. Body mass index (BMI) values did not differ in patients and controls. Psychological examination, monitored by Eating Disorder Inventory 1, Bulimic Investigation Test Edinburgh, Yale-Brown-Cornell Eating Disorder Scale, and Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire rating scales, showed the persistence of some of the psychopathological symptoms of AN. Hormonal examinations included basal plasma concentrations of follicle stimulating hormone, luteotropic hormone, estrogens (E), progesterone, thyrotropic hormone, FT(3), FT(4) (immunoradiometric assays), leptin (LEP) (enzymatic-linked-immunosorbent assay) and 24 h urinary free cortisol (immunoradiometric assay). Hormone values were the same in patients and controls, except for E and LEP levels, which were significantly lower in patients than in controls. The concentrations of the two hormones were not correlated with the BMI of the patients, but LEP values were correlated negatively with the difference between the present BMI and the preanorexic one. The values of both hormones correlated negatively with some of the psychopathological aspects typical of AN, in particular with high 'body dissatisfaction', 'ineffectiveness', and 'interpersonal distrust' and with low 'interoceptive awareness'.
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Yaryura-Tobias JA, Pinto A, Neziroglu F. Anorexia nervosa, diabetes mellitus, brain atrophy, and fatty liver. Int J Eat Disord 2001; 30:350-3. [PMID: 11746296 DOI: 10.1002/eat.1096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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An increased number of diabetes mellitus cases followed by the development of anorexia nervosa have been reported. In this report, the opposite has been observed in the case of a patient with anorexia nervosa who later developed insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, associated with brain atrophy and fatty liver. The patient was treated with insulin, amitriptylene, and behavior modification. Significant improvement was noted on this regimen.
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- J A Yaryura-Tobias
- Department of Biopsychosocial Research, Bio-Behavioral Institute, Great Neck, New York 11021, USA
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