Invited Reviews
Obesity and Gastrointestinal Disorders in Children
Uma P. Phatak,
Dinesh S. Pashankar,
Uma P. Phatak
Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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Dinesh S. Pashankar
Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dinesh S. Pashankar, MD, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, 333 Cedar St, LMP 4091, New Haven, CT 06520 (e-mail: [email protected]).Search for more papers by this authorUma P. Phatak,
Dinesh S. Pashankar,
Uma P. Phatak
Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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Dinesh S. Pashankar
Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dinesh S. Pashankar, MD, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, 333 Cedar St, LMP 4091, New Haven, CT 06520 (e-mail: [email protected]).Search for more papers by this authorSupplemental digital content is available for this article. Direct URL citations appear in the printed text, and links to the digital files are provided in the HTML text of this article on the journal's Web site (www.jpgn.org).
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ABSTRACT
Obesity in children has become a global pandemic during the last decade. Recent studies have reported an association between obesity and functional gastrointestinal (GI) disorders. In addition, obesity is also becoming increasingly recognized at diagnosis of organic GI diseases such as celiac disease and inflammatory bowel disease. An awareness of all possible complications and associations of obesity by the practicing physician is crucial to provide comprehensive care to obese children. This article reviews the present data on the association between obesity and various common GI disorders. The possible mechanisms and the clinical significance of this association are also discussed.
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