Pediatric Endocrinology News

Once-daily liraglutide 3 mg as an adjunctive to lifestyle intervention is associated with a reduction in body weight and HbA1c for adolescents with type 1 diabetes and obesity, according to a speaker.

Children with type 1 diabetes who switched from a predictive low-glucose suspend system to automated insulin delivery had improvements in time in range at 1 month that were sustained at 3 months, according to a speaker.

Adding more physical education classes in grades one to nine could help lower the prevalence of obesity among school-aged children, according to a study published in Obesity.

The implementation of legislation that encourages healthy eating habits was associated with reduced BMI scores among youth in the United States, according to study findings published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Compared with boys, girls with type 1 diabetes have worse HbA1c, higher BMI and more diabetic ketoacidosis and require higher insulin doses, according to a systematic review published in Diabetologia.

Adolescents and young adults with type 1 diabetes who primarily attend diabetes clinic visits via telehealth have better overall attendance and less diabetes distress compared with those who attend in person, according to study data.

People with autism are at an increased risk for cardiometabolic diseases, and the risks are even higher among children with autism, according to findings from a systematic review and meta-analysis published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Transgender and nonbinary youths had greater appearance congruence — the experience that physical appearance aligns with gender —and less depression and anxiety after 2 years of gender-affirming hormone therapy, according to study data.

Young children with type 1 diabetes who used an advanced hybrid closed-loop insulin delivery system had a reduction in HbA1c and improvement in time in range from baseline to 12 weeks, according to study data.

The use of dynamic risk stratification can predict long-term outcomes for most children with differentiated thyroid cancer, according to a study published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.