Nutrition is one of the most important factors affecting pubertal development. Puberty entails
a progressive nonlinear process starting from prepubescent to full sexual maturity through …

Background: Chronic inflammatory diseases strike millions of people all over the world, and
exercise is often prescribed for these patients to improve overall fitness and quality of life. In …

Although the current doctrine of IBD pathogenesis proposes an interaction between
environmental factors and gut microbiota in genetically susceptible individuals, dietary …

Growth failure is frequently encountered in children with chronic inflammatory conditions like
juvenile idiopathic arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, and cystic fibrosis. Delayed puberty …

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) results from the interaction between an individual's
immune response and precipitant environmental factors, which generate an anomalous …

Disease‐associated undernutrition of all types is very common in paediatric inflammatory
bowel disease (IBD). Recent weight loss remains one of the triad of clinical manifestations …

Undernutrition in children is a pressing global health problem, manifested in part by
impaired linear growth (stunting). Current nutritional interventions have been largely …

Background Corticosteroids are a well‐established treatment for active Crohn's disease and
have been widely used for decades. It has become apparent, however, that a proportion of …

Abstract interactions between growth hormone (GH), insulin-like growth factor-1 (iGF-1), and
the immune system are complex, bidirectional, but not fully explained. Current reviews …

Crohn's disease in childhood causes linear growth retardation, which has a substantial
effect on management of this disease. By contrast, growth is rarely a problem in children …