Paediatric obesity and Crohn's disease: a descriptive review of disease phenotype and clinical course.
Jacob McCoyMichael R MillerMelanie WatsonEileen CrowleyJessica P WoolfsonPublished in: Paediatrics & child health (2023)
Patients with elevated BMI and CD present with typical symptoms of IBD, although weight loss was a less common presenting symptom. Time to disease remission is delayed, and obesity-related complications are common. Primary care providers must have a high degree of clinical suspicion in patients to prevent delays to gastroenterology referral and to improve time to disease remission.
Keyphrases
- weight loss
- primary care
- insulin resistance
- type diabetes
- metabolic syndrome
- weight gain
- emergency department
- body mass index
- newly diagnosed
- intensive care unit
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- ulcerative colitis
- skeletal muscle
- rheumatoid arthritis
- roux en y gastric bypass
- depressive symptoms
- general practice