Body composition profile of children and adolescent patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

Hadeel A Alsufyani Mahmoud H Mosli Omar I Saadah

Published in: International journal of clinical practice (2021)

Saudi Arabian children with IBD showed comparable body composition profiles to adult patients with IBD. Biological therapy was associated with a decreased incidence of both obesity and myopenia, and female gender was found to predict myopenia.

Keyphrases

body composition
young adults
resistance training
bone mineral density
patients with inflammatory bowel disease
mental health
metabolic syndrome
type diabetes
weight loss
insulin resistance
weight gain
adipose tissue
bone marrow