Gastrointestinal malabsorption is a failure to fully absorb nutrients from the gastrointestinal tract. The digestion and absorption of nutrients within the gastrointestinal tract requires a complex interaction between motor, secretory, digestive and absorptive processes that are vulnerable to various potential disturbances which may lead to global or specific malabsorption syndromes.1
This is a companion discussion topic for the original article at https://patient.info/doctor/paediatrics/gastrointestinal-malabsorption