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Top 5 pediatric endocrinology news stories posted in 2018
Endocrine Today has compiled a list of the top five pediatric endocrinology news reports posted in 2018. This year, Healio.com/Endocrinology readers were interested in ways to reduce BMI in childhood obesity, fish oil for increasing growth, pediatric hyperthyroidism and more.
Parent-child interventions most effective to reduce BMI in children with obesity
An intervention for childhood obesity that included both children and their parents, rather than the parents only, improved the children’s BMI standard deviation scores.
Fish oil can improve early childhood growth
The use of fish oil supplements during the third trimester of pregnancy has been shown to increase children’s lean mass, bone mass and fat mass, but not obesity, in the first 6 years of life.
Childhood hyperthyroidism may be on the rise
Incidence of childhood hyperthyroidism in France, although rare, may be on the rise, peaking during adolescence and affecting girls more than boys.
Early lifestyle habits may influence gut microbiota, cardiometabolic health in teens
Early lifestyle habits, including sleep duration, dietary intake and physical activity level, may shape gut microbiota in late adolescence, likely influencing cardiometabolic health.
Few transgender teens opt to delay HT to preserve fertility
Most transgender and gender-nonconforming adolescents do not consider fertility preservation an important reason to delay the start of hormone therapy, but some cite parental attitudes regarding biological offspring as influencing any decision regarding treatment.