Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease

In a Healio video exclusive, Jennie David, PhD, an IBD pediatric psychologist, discusses “complex relationships” young patients with inflammatory bowel disease often have with their bodies, food and weight and how care providers can help.

In a Healio video exclusive, Rene D. Gomez-Esquivel, MD, discusses risk factors for pediatric colon cancer, as well as best practices for screening and lesion resection, from his presentation at the 2023 NASPGHAN annual meeting.

Pediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease and obesity or overweight who underwent screening were found to often have obesity related comorbidities, suggesting screening should be routine for this population, according to a poster.

Children with inflammatory bowel disease who receive anti-tumor necrosis factor treatment were more likely to see BMI levels increase and incur a risk for obesity, according to a presentation at Crohn’s and Colitis Congress.

Pediatric patients adhering to a specific carbohydrate diet or modified specific carbohydrate diet showed improved symptoms of their inflammatory bowel disease, according to a presentation at Crohn’s and Colitis Congress.

AUSTIN, Texas — Incorporating electronic medical record-activated alerts in a pediatric inflammatory bowel disease center improved the detection and treatment of iron deficiency with and without anemia among patients, according to a presenter at the Crohn’s and Colitis Congress.

Children with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis achieved clinical remission after specific carbohydrate diet therapy, according to the results of a small prospective study.