ArticleBMC pediatrics2020
Higher prevalence of obesity among children with functional abdominal pain disorders.
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- Disorders of the gut-brain interaction among European people with obesity: Prevalence and burden of compatible symptoms.United European gastroenterology journal · 2025Article
- Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders and Childhood Obesity: The Role of Diet and Its Impact on Microbiota.Nutrients · 2024Review
- Overview of Pediatric Obesity as a Disease.Pediatric clinics of North America · 2024Review
- Assesment of functional gastrointestinal diseases in obese children.European journal of pediatrics · 2023Article
- Functional abdominal pain disorders in children in southern Anhui Province, China are related to academic stress rather than academic performance.BMC pediatrics · 2023Article
- Nutritional Status and Selected Adipokines in Children with Irritable Bowel Syndrome.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Association between body mass index and irritable bowel syndrome in the young Japanese population: a cross-sectional study.International journal of colorectal disease · 2022Article
- Prevalence of Obesity and Associated Risk Factors among Children and Adolescents in the Eastern Cape Province.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Effectivity of treatment for children with functional dyspepsia.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Digital Therapeutics Care Utilizing Genetic and Gut Microbiome Signals for the Management of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders: Results From a Preliminary Retrospective Study.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Article
- Effect of Whole-Course Continuous Nursing Intervention Combined with a Nursing Practice Teaching Method on Quality of Life of Children with Functional Dyspepsia and Parents' Satisfaction Based on Smart Health.Journal of healthcare engineering · 2022Article
- Eosinophils, Hypoxia-Inducible Factors, and Barrier Dysfunction in Functional Dyspepsia.Frontiers in allergy · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundFunctional abdominal pain (FAP) disorders are one of the most common gastrointestinal disorders in children. We aimed to define the association between obesity and functional abdominal pain (FAP) disorders and to assess differences between overweight/obese children and normal weight children with FAP disorders.
methodsWe conducted a retrospective study of children (2-18 years old) with a clinical diagnosis of FAP who were followed-up in our pediatric gastroenterology unit between 1/2016-10/2018. FAP disorders were defined according to the ROME IV criteria. Body mass index (BMI) percentiles were defined by CDC standards. Patients with BMIs ≥85th percentile were designated as being overweight/obese. A population control group was obtained from the 2015-2016 Israel national health survey.
resultsData from 173 children with FAP disorders (median age 11.5 years, 114 females) were included. Seventy-one children (41%) were classified as having functional abdominal pain-NOS, 67 (38.7%) as having irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and 35 (20.2%) has having functional dyspepsia. Fifty-three children (30.6%) were classified as being overweight/obese. Adolescents with FAP disorders had a significantly higher prevalence of overweight/obesity compared to controls (39.5% vs. 30%, respectively, p = 0.04). Children with FAP and overweight were older [12.4 (range 9.8-15.3) vs. 10.8 (7.4-14.1) years, p = 0.04] and had more hospitalizations due to FAP (20.8% vs. 7.6%, p = 0.01) compared to Children with FAP and normal weight.
conclusionsAdolescents with FAP had higher prevalence of overweight/obesity compared to controls. Future studies are warranted to raise awareness of weight issues in FAP and determine the effect of weight loss on FAP.
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