Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Systematic review: body composition in children with inflammatory bowel disease D. Thangarajah*, M. J. Hyde*, V. K. S. Konteti*, S. Santhakumaran*, G. Frost† & J. M. E. Fell‡

*Section of Neonatal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, UK. † Nutrition and Dietetic Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London, UK. ‡ Paediatric Gastroenterology Department, Chelsea Children’s Hospital, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

Correspondence to: Dr D. Thangarajah, Section of Neonatal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, UK. E-mail: [email protected]

Publication data Submitted 9 January 2015 First decision 10 February 2015 Resubmitted 30 March 2015 Resubmitted 8 April 2015 Accepted 8 April 2015 EV Pub Online 4 June 2015 This uncommissioned review article was subject to full peer-review.

SUMMARY Background Paediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is associated with weight loss, growth restriction and malnutrition. Bone mass deficits are well described, little is known about other body composition compartments. Aims To define the alterations in non-bone tissue compartments in children with IBD, and explore the effects of demographic and disease parameters. Methods A systematic search was carried out in the PubMed (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ pubmed) and Web of Science databases in May 2014 (limitations age

Systematic review: Body composition in children with inflammatory bowel disease.

Paediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is associated with weight loss, growth restriction and malnutrition. Bone mass deficits are well described...
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