Visceral: Episode 18
Sarcopenia and IBD: Muscle Matters
The GI Research Foundation produced this podcast with a sponsorship from Metro Infusion Center.
As we age, we naturally lose muscle mass — a condition known as sarcopenia. But for people living with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), muscle loss can be more severe and may even impact treatment outcomes.
In this episode, we sit down with Tenzin Choden, MD, board-certified gastroenterologist and clinical researcher at UChicago Medicine, to explore the connection between sarcopenia and IBD. We discuss why muscle health matters in digestive disease and whether a promising, noninvasive technology — intestinal ultrasound, funded by the GI Research Foundation — could help clinicians better measure and monitor sarcopenia in patients.
Could this approach transform how we care for people living with IBD? Tune in to learn more.
Visceral: Listen to Your Gut is a podcast series from the GI Research Foundation: a deep dive into the latest research updates and treatment options for specific digestive diseases. Episodes are presented by physician-scientists and experts at the University of Chicago and feature compelling patient stories.
Stay tuned for more episodes on topics like risk and prevention of GI cancer, hepatology and liver disease, the microbiome and gut health, surgical treatments for ulcerative colitis, and the diet, nutrition, and gut health.
The GI Research Foundation produces this episode with a sponsorship from Metro Infusion Center.
Metro Infusion Centers, with over 220 infusion centers nationwide, providing trusted and lifesaving therapies to patients for over 30 years in a comfortable and cost-effective environment.
