PMID: 16517951Mar 7, 2006Paper

Chronic constipation in overweight children

JPEN. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
Sudipta MisraKathy Gensel

Abstract

Obesity and functional constipation seem to share a common biopsychosocial model of causation. Though chronic constipation can significantly affect the quality of life of an overweight child, this association has not been highlighted in the literature. The purpose of this study was to compare the proportion of overweight children among children with chronic constipation with a control group of children with normal bowel habits. Retrospective chart review with a control population. One hundred one consecutive children 5-18 years of age referred to the Subspecialty Clinic for functional constipation were the study group. The control group consisted of 100 consecutive children from the general pediatric practice seen for physicals and minor illnesses. Children with a body mass index (BMI) of >85 percentile from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) 2000 chart were classified as overweight. The control and study groups were statistically comparable in mean age (10.97 +/- 3.83 years and 8.07 +/- 2.56 years, respectively) and gender ratio (58 males in each group). Thirty children in the control group and 44 in the study population were overweight (p < .05). Among children with chronic constipation, the group of overweight children ...Continue Reading

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