Does the Healthy Eating Index and Mediterranean Diet Score Identify the Nutritional Adequacy of Dietary Patterns in Chronic Pancreatitis?

The overall quality of dietary intake is lower in subjects with CP compared to controls when assessed by two independent nutritional measurement tools. Further research is needed to examine contributing factors, such as food insecurity and coexisting endocrine or exocrine insufficiency, to dietary patterns in patients with CP from which to guide evidence-based recommendations for medical nutritional therapy.