title: Obesity is related to multiple functional abdominal diseases.
abstract: Analysis of the body mass index of pediatric patients with gastrointestinal complaints as a whole and by disease subgroup revealed a greater percentage of obese patients with constipation, gastroesophageal reflux, irritable bowel syndrome, encopresis, and functional abdominal pain compared with local and New Jersey control populations.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, The Children's Hospital at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ 07740, USA. JTeitelbaum@SBHCS.com
authors.forename: Jonathan E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Teitelbaum
authors.forename: Prerna
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sinha
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Micale
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yeung
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jaeger
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000293:Adolescent; D015992:Body Mass Index; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015897:Comorbidity; D003248:Constipation / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004415:Dyspepsia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D005764:Gastroesophageal Reflux / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D043183:Irritable Bowel Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D009515:New Jersey / Q000453:epidemiology; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D055815:Young Adult