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Constant Hunger, Overweight, Stomach Bloating. Food Sensitivity Or Metabolism?

Hi, I have a 9 year old boy, he is constantly hungry, he is overweight (he s 4 4 and about 110lbs), often gassy and gets quite bloated if he hasn t had a bm. He is quite regular and I feed him healthy foods (of course he isn t deprived totally of junk food but it is limited). He would rather be inactive but I make sure he does spend all his time sitting around (Karate, biking, trampoline, swimming, playing out in general). I was wondering if he may have a food sensitivity (like dairy or gluten ) or if it s just his metabolism???? Any thoughts????
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Ya, it may be a metabolic disorders, you should do a screening for gluten sensitive entetopathy.like anti endomysial.snti gliafin, anti transglutaminase antibody.also do a D- Xylose test for him.
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Constant Hunger, Overweight, Stomach Bloating. Food Sensitivity Or Metabolism?

Ya, it may be a metabolic disorders, you should do a screening for gluten sensitive entetopathy.like anti endomysial.snti gliafin, anti transglutaminase antibody.also do a D- Xylose test for him.