Lymphedema and Diet

Kim, Ji-Yeon; Wie, Gyung Ah; Kim, So Young; Cho, Yeong Ah

doi:10.67326/cll.2019.4.2.43

Clin. Lymphology Lymphedema 2019; 4(2):43-46

pISSN: 2508-190X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.67326/cll.2019.4.2.43

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림프부종과 식이

김지연¹, 위경애¹^,^*, 김소영¹, 조영아¹

Lymphedema and Diet

Ji-Yeon Kim¹, Gyung Ah Wie¹^,^*, So Young Kim¹, Yeong Ah Cho¹

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¹국립암센터 임상영양실

¹Department of Clinical Nutrition, Research Institute & Hospital, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea

^*Corresponding Author : Gyung-Ah Wie, RD, PhD, Department of Clinical Nutrition, Research Institute & Hospital, National Cancer Center, Goyang 10408, Korea, Tel: +82-31-920-0260, Fax: +82-31-920-0269, E-mail: gawie@ncc.re.kr

ⓒ Copyright 2019 Korean Society of Lymphology and Lymphedema. This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Received: Nov 11, 2019; Accepted: Nov 19, 2019

Published Online: Nov 30, 2019

Abatract

Lymphedema patients are interested in diet and the need for dietary modification has been discussed. However, there is no special diet for lymphedema. A nutrition balanced and portion appropriate diet for maintain ideal body weight contribute in reducing the risk factors associated with lymphedema.

Keywords: Diet; Ideal body weight; Lymphedema; Obesity