Diet therapy is the use of planned, modified, or therapeutic diets as a deliberate intervention to maintain health, manage disease, or correct nutritional imbalances. It involves adjusting the composition, quantity, timing, or type of food and nutrients to meet defined clinical goals, such as controlling body weight…
Diet therapy is the use of planned, modified, or therapeutic diets as a deliberate intervention to maintain health, manage disease, or correct nutritional imbalances. It involves adjusting the composition, quantity, timing, or type of food and nutrients to meet defined clinical goals, such as controlling body weight, blood glucose, or lipid levels, supporting recovery, or relieving symptoms of a specific disorder. Diet therapy is individualized to the patient and is frequently used in conditions including obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and gastrointestinal disorders. Research in the International Journal of Nutrition reflects this applied focus: a brief report described the implementation of an elemental diet in children with autism spectrum disorder presenting with gastrointestinal disease, a study on the hypocaloric Mediterranean diet examined factors predictive of completion in overweight patients, and work on Solanum aethiopicum explored its beneficial impact on diabetes control. These studies illustrate how structured dietary regimens are designed, applied, and evaluated for particular health conditions. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access research relevant to diet therapy and the use of dietary modification to prevent and manage disease.
11 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.
The 11 articles above have been cited 30 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.
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