Welcome to the EBN podcast. Dr Joanna Smith, Associate Editor, will be taking a closer look at a commentary from the journal with an invited guest. These discussions are designed to help you think about issues raised in the article, as well as the clinical applicability of the original research paper.

In this session, Dr John Rosen, MD, who is affiliated with the department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition at Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas, United States, will discuss the issues raised in his commentary on a study that investigated abdominal pain prevalence, characteristics, and associated health care utilisation in a British adolescent cohort (see link to original article below). As an expert in the field, Dr Rosen reflects on the study reviewed, and offers insightful comments and ideas that can be used in practice and policy.

Commentary article: British secondary school students report frequent abdominal pain with associated physical and emotional symptoms http://goo.gl/vog3B7

Original research article: Vila M, Kramer T, Obiols JE, Garralda ME. Abdominal pain in British young people: associations, impairment and health care use. J Psychosom Res 2012;73:437–42. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23148811