FIGURE 2. Metabolic interactions between inflammatory bowel disease and obesity. CD: Crohn‘s disease. UC: Ulcerative Colitis. MASLD: Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease. IBD: Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Source: Adapted from Carrillo-Palau et al., (2021) 22 ; Nie (2015) 23 ; Cañete et al., (2025) 24 ; Desai et al., (2025b) 25 ; Youn et al., (2024) 26 . Figure created using NapkinIA software.
