Overweight and obesity in children with newly diagnosed inflammatory bowel disease

Determination of overweight and obesity prevalence in children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) at the time of diagnosis.This was a multicenter retrospective study. The study group consisted of children with new cases of IBD diagnosed in 2005-2013 according to the Porto criteria. Hospital admission records were reviewed for demographic and clinical characteristics. BMI-for-age and gender percentile charts were used to define overweight as...