Pediatric Endocrinology News

CHICAGO—In this video exclusive, Vin Tangpricha, MD, PhD, discusses recent legislation prohibiting or seeking to prohibit physicians from providing gender-confirming care.

CHICAGO — Children with diabetes and their caregivers use a wide variety of continuous glucose monitoring alarm settings, and usage may differ based on the child’s age, according to a presenter at ENDO 2023.

When Mihail Zilbermint, MD, MBA, was accepted to music school to become a classical singer, his mentor asked him if he was possibly interested in any other career.

Women exposed to higher concentrations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances during pregnancy have children with higher BMI z scores and greater risks for overweight or obesity at age 2 to 5 years, according to study data.

Youth in the United States have increasingly undergone metabolic and bariatric surgery to lose weight in recent years, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Health care professionals must collect more detailed and accurate demographic data and identify factors contributing to health disparities in pediatric endocrinology and gender care, according to a scientific statement.

Adolescents with obesity whose inability to control their hunger is a barrier to weight loss have a more negative perception about their body than adolescents who say inability to control hunger is not a barrier, according to a speaker.

Nearly half of adolescents with obesity receiving once-weekly subcutaneous semaglutide achieved overweight or normal weight at 68 weeks, according to data from the STEP TEENS trial presented during the European Congress on Obesity.

Children with idiopathic pediatric growth hormone deficiency had an increase in annualized height velocity after 6 months of receiving a daily oral GH therapy, according to a speaker.

The FDA granted orphan drug designation and rare pediatric disease designation for a therapy to treat a rare pediatric skeletal disorder, according to an industry press release.