Pediatric Endocrinology News

Rapid weight gain at age 0 to 6 months and high maternal prepregnancy BMI are associated with increased odds for higher waist-to-height ratio, overweight and obesity children age 5 years, according to study findings.

Girls with higher dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate levels at age 7 years are more likely to have more advanced pubertal development at age 10 and 13 years than those with lower levels, according to study findings.

Among children with thyroid nodules, those with autoimmune thyroiditis have a higher risk for developing thyroid cancer compared with those without autoimmune thyroiditis, according to a study published in Thyroid.

A basic principle of medicine is to provide people at risk with the most clinically and cost-effective management for their condition or risk profile. Diagnosis of gestational diabetes is well known to carry long-term maternal health risks, in particular progression to type 2 diabetes and development of clinically manifested cardiovascular disease.

Gestational diabetes is a leading common complication of pregnancy in the United States, affecting up to one in 20 women.

BALTIMORE — Providers should practice a patient-centered approach when caring for young children with type 1 diabetes and prepare tips for coping with unique challenges, according to two presenters.

BALTIMORE — Most children with youth-onset type 2 diabetes develop macrovascular or microvascular complications within a decade of diagnosis, and the risk for beta cell function failure increases over time, according to a speaker.

BALTIMORE — Multiple patient- and provider-driven barriers may contribute to racial disparities in diabetes device use by children with type 1 diabetes, according to a presenter.

Adolescents and young adults with type 1 diabetes had lower glucose levels on days when they reported feeling more engaged with their diabetes management, according to findings published in Diabetic Medicine.

Alex R. Kemper, MD, MPH, MS, FAAP, a practitioner in the division of primary care pediatrics at Nationwide Children's Hospital, noted that "hyperbilirubinemia is very common."