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What is the role of nutrition in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)?

Nutritional support is an important part of comprehensive care in patients with COPD. Inadequate nutritional status leading to low body weight in patients with COPD is associated with impaired pulmonary status, reduced diaphragmatic mass, lower exercise capacity, and higher mortality rates.

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