EMJ Gastroenterology 10 [Supplement 2] . 2021

Establishing healthy nutrition practices from infancy through to childhood and adolescence is essential in ensuring a healthy digestive system throughout our lives. Several studies have found that changes made during these early years can have a significantly positive effect later in life, including the prevention of non-communicable diseases, such as obesity, diabetes, inflammatory diseases, and certain types of cancer.

Iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) is a global health problem affecting both developing and developed countries, particularly in Asia. Nutritional deficiency, menstrual blood loss, and chronic gastrointestinal blood loss are the common causes of IDA.

Sodium valproate, or valproic acid (VPA), is a broad-spectrum antiepileptic drug, commonly used for the treatment of epilepsy, bipolar disorder, migraine headache, and diabetic-neuropathy related pain. VPA was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1978 for treating epilepsy and absence seizures.

Excess production of TNF-α leads to chronic inflammation and tissue damage in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMID) such as Crohn’s Disease (CD), rheumatoid arthritis, and psoriasis. The introduction of anti-TNF agents revolutionised therapy for patients with IMIDs, and two anti-TNFs are currently approved for use in CD in Europe: infliximab and adalimumab.