Pediatric Endocrinology News

Just over a century ago, much of the U.S. population experienced disfiguring and debilitating disorders related to iodine deficiency. In 2024, we celebrate 100 years of salt iodization — a tremendous public health achievement.

Transgender girls see most of their body composition changes occur during puberty suppression, whereas transgender boys experience greater body composition changes during gender-confirming testosterone therapy, according to study data.

The risk for developing type 2 diabetes is substantially higher for adolescents with overweight or obesity and an HbA1c of at least 6.1% compared with those with an HbA1c of 5.5% or less, according to study data.

Exposure to higher levels of endocrine-disrupting chemicals may hinder bone development for children, adolescents and young adults, according to study findings published in Environmental Research.

Mothers with type 1 or type 2 diabetes have increased risks for having children with a congenital heart defect, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

A high BMI in late adolescence — even a high-normal BMI — was associated with increased odds of early chronic kidney disease in young adulthood, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Adolescents and young adults who exercise for a longer duration per day, even if it is light physical activity, can reduce their fat mass, according to a study published in Nature Communications.

A once-weekly oral vitamin D supplementation did not reduce fracture risk over a 3-year follow-up among a group of children with vitamin D deficiency in Mongolia, according to findings published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.

Disordered eating behaviors were reported by 42.5% of adolescents with type 1 diabetes who currently use or previously used an insulin pump, according to findings published in Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics.

Adolescents and young adults who partake in more light physical activity have lower cholesterol levels, according to a study published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.