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May 7, 2026Internal Medicine Journal0 citations

The trend of obesity and inflammatory bowel disease in Australia and New Zealand: a bi‐nation cohort study

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PKPatricia KaazanWSWarren SeowBWBill Wilson

Key Points

  • The study examines the prevalence of obesity in individuals with inflammatory bowel disease across Australia and New Zealand.
  • Conducted a retrospective cohort study using the Crohns Colitis Care registry.
  • Analyzed data for associations between body mass index and various comorbidities.
  • Multicentre approach involving multiple healthcare facilities.
  • Found a high prevalence of obesity and overweight in the cohort.
  • Increased body mass index correlates with older age and diabetes.
  • Identified associations with cardiometabolic comorbidities, including metabolic dysfunction.

Abstract

Abstract The paradigm of inflammatory bowel disease is shifting from a malabsorptive, undernourished state to one where obesity is a prevalent comorbidity, yet large‐scale Australasian data are lacking. We conducted a retrospective, multicentre cohort study from the binational Crohns Colitis Care registry, highlighting a high prevalence of obesity and overweight in our cohort where increasing body mass index was associated with older age and cardiometabolic comorbidities including diabetes and metabolic dysfunction associated steatotic liver disease.

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Kaazan et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69fbe2b3164b5133a91a21fdhttps://doi.org/10.1111/imj.70454
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