Pediatric Endocrinology News

Sustained burosumab therapy for more than 3 years for children with X-linked hypophosphatemia resulted in clinically meaningful improvements across several clinical outcomes and demonstrated an acceptable benefit-risk profile, data show.

Adolescents who have increasing central adiposity during childhood are likely to have worsening cardiometabolic health markers, according to study findings published in Obesity.

Phthalates and replacement plasticizers, chemicals used in food packaging and processing, were commonly found in fast-food items, according to a study published in the Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology Qualitative.

A cohort of U.S. children with type 1 diabetes had a decrease in mean glucose level and glucose management indicator during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic compared with the prior year, according to study data.

Infants who begin drinking infant formula at age 4 to 6 months have lower risk for overweight at ages 1 and 3 years compared with those who begin drinking formula within the first 3 months of life, according to a speaker.

Children who sleep longer are more likely to have lower BMI and waist circumference, and longer sleep duration and less variability in sleep patterns are associated with lower waist-to-height ratio, according to a presenter.

In this video exclusive, Healio | Endocrine Today Co-editor Sangeeta R. Kashyap, MD, talks with Shelley Ehrlich, MD, ScD, HPH, about pregnancy outcomes for teens who have undergone bariatric and metabolic surgery.

Pharmacotherapy can be an important intervention for adolescents with obesity, according to a speaker at the Obesity Medicine Association fall conference.

Children with type 1 diabetes who used an advanced hybrid closed-loop insulin delivery system for 1 year achieved an average time in range of 74%, surpassing clinical consensus guidelines, according to European data released by Medtronic.

The percentage of adolescents and young adults with type 1 diabetes using continuous glucose monitoring at 10 diabetes clinics increased by 21% following multi-level interventions, according to a study published in Clinical Diabetes.