Pediatric Endocrinology News

Use of a hybrid closed-loop insulin delivery system provided greater independence and flexibility with glycemic management for young people with type 1 diabetes, according to study findings published in Diabetic Medicine.

Long COVID increases children’s risk for several serious conditions, although the conditions remain rare, according to findings reported in MMWR.

Categorizing children with obesity into one of eight subtypes could help providers better understand the condition and may lead to more specialized care, according to study findings published in PLOS Digital Health.

The metabolic syndrome rate among U.S. youths remained at slightly more than 4% over 20 years, but prevalence increased of large waist circumference and high glucose level, according to results published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Among people hospitalized with COVID-19 in the U.S., adults with overweight or obesity and children with severe obesity had significantly higher medical costs compared with those with healthy weight, according to study findings.

Low income, Medicaid insurance and lack of family support were among the factors associated with transgender and nonbinary youths experiencing delays in receiving puberty blockers or gender-affirming hormones, according to study data.

Young adults with childhood-onset type 1 diabetes have a higher risk for heart failure than those without diabetes, and the risk for heart failure increases for those with microvascular disease, according to study data.

Reductions in bone mineral density in adolescents with obesity who undergo sleeve gastrectomy are associated with changes in sex hormones, sclerostin and enteric peptides, according to study findings.

The FDA approved a supplemental indication for phentermine/topiramate extended-release capsules for chronic weight management in pediatric patients aged 12 years and older with obesity, according to a press release.

The FDA has cleared a melanocortin-4 receptor agonist for chronic weight management in people with a rare genetic disease of obesity, according to an industry press release.