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Buck P, Joli J, Zipfel S, Stengel A. Carbohydrate malabsorption in anorexia nervosa: a systematic review. J Eat Disord 2022; 10:189. [PMID: 36474261 PMCID: PMC9724380 DOI: 10.1186/s40337-022-00713-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2022] [Accepted: 11/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
OBJECTIVES Anorexia nervosa (AN) is an eating disorder accompanied by a low body mass index and (self-) restricted food intake. Nutritional limitations can cause complaints of the digestive system, because of a disturbed absorption of food components. The absorption of carbohydrates may be seriously affected and reduced to a minimum. On this basis, a possible connection between AN, and the prevalence of gastrointestinal symptoms due to malabsorption was examined. METHODS For the systematic literature research with the aim of a better understanding of the topic the databases PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, Livivo and Google Scholar were used. RESULTS After the manual selection process of 2215 retrieved studies, 89 full texts were read and according to the predetermined eligibility criteria, finally 2 studies on the monosaccharide fructose and disaccharide lactose were included in this review. CONCLUSION Malabsorption is often observed in patients with AN. It may contribute to the gastrointestinal complaints reported by patients and hamper body weight regain. Among others, mucosal atrophy and duodenal transporter dysfunction are discussed as main reasons. In the future more studies on carbohydrate malabsorption related to low body weight as observed in AN are warranted and may be conducted rather in an outpatient setting.
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- Patrizia Buck
- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Tübingen, Osianderstr. 5, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Tübingen, Osianderstr. 5, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Tübingen, Osianderstr. 5, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Tübingen, Osianderstr. 5, 72076, Tübingen, Germany. .,Charité Center for Internal Medicine and Dermatology, Medical Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.
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Schwarzlose RF, Hennefield L, Hoyniak CP, Luby JL, Gilbert KE. Picky Eating in Childhood: Associations With Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms. J Pediatr Psychol 2022; 47:816-826. [PMID: 35238927 PMCID: PMC9297090 DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsac006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2021] [Revised: 01/25/2022] [Accepted: 01/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To test whether childhood picky eating (PE)-a behavior previously linked to many forms of psychopathology-is specifically associated with symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). METHODS We investigated the relationship between PE and symptoms of several forms of psychopathology in two separate observational samples: a sample of 110 children (5 and 6 years old) and a sample of 210 children (8 and 9 years old) drawn from a longitudinal study. In each sample, regression models based on psychiatric symptoms or diagnoses were used to assess the specificity of PE associations while accounting for cooccurring symptoms or comorbidities. RESULTS Although bivariate associations emerged between PE and multiple forms of psychopathology, multivariate analyses revealed these associations were driven by a strong and specific association between PE and symptoms of OCD in both samples. Moreover, PE among 8- and 9-year-olds in the longitudinal study predicted emergence of additional later psychopathology, specifically attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). CONCLUSIONS Findings suggest that PE, an easily identifiable clinical presentation, is also a specific marker for obsessive-compulsive symptomatology in school-age children and may impart risk for ADHD later in childhood.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, USA
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Buck P, Goebel-Stengel M, Mack I, Zipfel S, Stengel A. Case report: Carbohydrate malabsorption in inpatients with anorexia nervosa. Front Psychiatry 2022; 13:1076658. [PMID: 36606130 PMCID: PMC9807622 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1076658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2022] [Accepted: 11/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Gastrointestinal (GI) complaints are frequently observed in patients who suffer from anorexia nervosa (AN). These symptoms may hamper treatment and weight regain and are often perceived as the cause, not the consequence, of the disease. Since carbohydrate malabsorption also produces these symptoms, this might underly or contribute to these complaints. So far, the role of carbohydrate malabsorption (fructose malabsorption and lactose intolerance) in AN has not yet been investigated. METHODS For this case series, inpatients with AN of restrictive type (n = 3), purging type (n = 3), and atypical AN (n = 1) conducted hydrogen breath tests with 25 g of fructose and 50 g of lactose to investigate carbohydrate malabsorption. Results were then analyzed in association with body mass index (BMI) and patient-reported outcomes (disordered eating, body image disturbances, anxiety, depressive symptoms, perceived stress, and GI complaints). RESULTS Based on the hydrogen breath test results, three of the seven female patients were classified as lactose intolerant and one presented fructose malabsorption. Both hydrogen curves for fructose (r = -0.632, p < 0.001) and lactose (r = -0.704, p < 0.001) showed a negative correlation with BMI. No association was observed between hydrogen values and patient-reported outcomes. CONCLUSION In patients with AN, GI symptoms caused by intolerance of common monosaccharides and disaccharides may be an underestimated burden and should be considered in the diagnosis and therapy of patients with AN. Due to the observed correlation with BMI, GI complaints after ingestion of fructose or lactose likely develop with decreasing body weight and are potentially reversible with weight regain.
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Affiliation(s)
- Patrizia Buck
- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.,Department of Internal Medicine, Helios Clinic, Rottweil, Germany
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.,Department for Psychosomatic Medicine, Charité Center for Internal Medicine and Dermatology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Mattheus HK, Wagner C, Becker K, Bühren K, Correll CU, Egberts KM, Ehrlich S, Fleischhaker C, Föcker M, Hahn F, Hebebrand J, Herpertz-Dahlmann B, Jaite C, Jenetzky E, Kaess M, Legenbauer PhD T, Pfeiffer PhD JP, Renner Md TJ, Roessner V, Schulze U, Sinzig J, Wessing I, von Gontard A. Incontinence and constipation in adolescent patients with anorexia nervosa-Results of a multicenter study from a German web-based registry for children and adolescents with anorexia nervosa. Int J Eat Disord 2020; 53:219-228. [PMID: 31617610 DOI: 10.1002/eat.23182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2019] [Revised: 09/06/2019] [Accepted: 09/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Nocturnal enuresis (NE), daytime urinary incontinence (DUI), and fecal incontinence (FI) are common disorders in childhood and are frequently accompanied by comorbid psychiatric disorders. Despite a high association between urinary and fecal incontinence with psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders, research on comorbidity between incontinence and anorexia nervosa (AN) remains scarce. Yet, it is well known that somatic consequences of AN include metabolic and gastrointestinal disorders. The study sought to assess the prevalence of incontinence and constipation in children and adolescents with AN and to examine associations of these two symptoms with body weight at admission and with BMI changes during inpatient treatment. METHODS Data collected between 2015 and 2017 by a multicenter German web-based registry for AN were analyzed. Three hundred and forty-eight patients with AN (96.3% female, mean age = 15.1 ± 1.8 years) were assessed regarding AN subtype, psychiatric comorbidity, body weight, incontinence, and constipation. RESULTS Overall, 27.6% of patients had constipation, 1.8% had NE and 1.8% DUI. Prevalence of constipation did not significantly differ between AN subtypes. Constipation did not lead to any significant differences in weight/BMI changes during inpatient treatment. DISCUSSION This is the largest study of incontinence and constipation in patients with AN, so far. Our results indicate that constipation is highly prevalent in adolescent patients with AN and reflects a clinically relevant condition. Despite, patients with AN do not have an increased prevalence of incontinence compared with the general population. Future studies should include medical examinations like ultrasound and physical examination of the lower abdomen to evaluate the severity of constipation.
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- Hannah K Mattheus
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Saarland University Hospital, Homburg, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Saarland University Hospital, Homburg, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Philipps University Marburg and University Hospital Marburg, Marburg, Germany.,Center for Mind, Brain and Behavior (CMBB), Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.,Department of Psychiatry and Molecular Medicine, Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine, Hempstead, New York.,Department of Psychiatry, The Zucker Hillside Hospital, Northwell Health, Glen Oaks, New York
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Technische Universitaet Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany
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- Department of Child an Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, LVR - Hospital Viersen, Viersen, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Medicine of the Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany.,Faculty of Health, School of Medicine, Witten/Herdecke University, Witten, Germany
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- Clinic of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Center for Psychosocial Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,University Hospital of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- LWL University Hospital Hamm for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Philipps University Marburg and University Hospital Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Technische Universitaet Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychotherapy, University Hospital, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, LVR-Klinik Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Saarland University Hospital, Homburg, Germany
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Wiklund CA, Kuja-Halkola R, Thornton LM, Hübel C, Leppä V, Bulik CM. Prolonged constipation and diarrhea in childhood and disordered eating in adolescence. J Psychosom Res 2019; 126:109797. [PMID: 31536865 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2019.109797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2019] [Revised: 08/06/2019] [Accepted: 08/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Gastrointestinal problems are common in all eating disorders; however, the extent to which these problems predate the onset of eating disorders is not clear. We explored longitudinal associations between childhood gastrointestinal problems and adolescent disordered eating, and assessed whether observed associations are potentially causal or due to familial confounding factors. METHODS Data from a population-based Swedish twin sample were used to investigate associations between parent- and self-reported protracted constipation and diarrhea in childhood and adolescence, and later disordered eating, measured by the Eating Disorders Inventory-2 (EDI). Linear regression models were used to investigate the associations. Possible familial confounding was explored by using a within-twin pair analysis. RESULTS We found that those who reported a history of constipation at age 15 scored 5.55 and 5.04 points higher, respectively, on the EDI total score at age 15 and 18, compared with those without constipation. Those reporting a history of diarrhea at age 15 scored 5.15 points higher, and the group reporting both problems scored 9.52 points higher on the EDI total score at age 15 than those reporting no problems. We observed that the association between constipation and disordered eating was attenuated in the within-twin pair analysis, but remained positive. CONCLUSIONS Gastrointestinal problems in childhood and adolescence are significantly associated with disordered eating. Associations were partly due to familial confounding, but might also be consistent with a causal interpretation. Clinicians should be aware of the increased risk of disordered eating when following children and adolescents who present with gastrointestinal problems.
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- Camilla A Wiklund
- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
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Gonzales-González VA, Díaz AM, Fernández K, Rivera MF. Prevalence of food allergens sensitization and food allergies in a group of allergic Honduran children. Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol 2018; 14:23. [PMID: 29946340 PMCID: PMC6004676 DOI: 10.1186/s13223-018-0245-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2017] [Accepted: 03/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Food allergy is a public health problem that has increased in the last decade. Despite the increasing rates in children, quality data on the burden of these diseases is lacking particularly in developing countries. Honduras has no studies in pediatric patients. Objectives The objective of this research was to identify the most common sensitization patterns to food through epicutaneous skin testing and food allergy rates in children and their correlation with common allergic diseases in a group of patients from Hospital of Pediatrics Maria. Methods Cross-sectional retrospective, descriptive study in which records and database of all allergic patients in the immunology outpatient clinic from Hospital of Pediatrics Maria were reviewed between the periods of January 2015 through June 2016. Results A total of 365 children were analyzed, the age of participants were in the range from 1 to 18 years, with an average of 9.8 years. Sensitization to food allergens were found in 23, and 58.3% were poly-sensitized. The most common food allergens that patients were sensitized to: milk 9.0%, eggs 6.9%, peanut 4.9% and pork meat 4.4%. Food allergy was confirmed via oral food challenged in 9.3% of the patients. The most frequent food allergies found were: cow’s milk allergy 6%, hen’s egg allergy 5.2% and wheat allergy 1.9%. Conclusions Milk and egg were the most common a food allergens found in the population studied. Most of the patients were found to be poly-sensitized. The frequent food allergies confirmed via oral food challenge were cow’s milk allergy, hen’s egg allergy and wheat allergy.
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- Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Hospital María de Especialidades Pediátricas, Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán, Honduras
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- Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Hospital María de Especialidades Pediátricas, Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán, Honduras
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- 3Division of Epidemiology, Facultad de Ciencias Medicas, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Honduras, Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán, Honduras
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