Nutrition and metabolism have been the topic of increasing scientific research in respiratory diseases.

This review highlights new insights in generic and disease-specific nutritional issues from recently published peer-reviewed articles.

Traditionally, the nutritional interest in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cystic fibrosis and lung cancer has been on management of weight loss and muscle wasting (cachexia) in advanced disease stages. However, obesity has now been identified as a risk factor across all respiratory diseases.

Read the full article published in Eur Respir Rev 2015; 24: 17–22