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Liraglutide 3 mg reduces BMI for children with obesity aged 6 to 11 years
Children with obesity receiving once-daily liraglutide 3 mg had a greater reduction in BMI at 56 weeks than those receiving placebo, according to data presented at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes annual meeting.
Eating more oats, fruits in early childhood may raise risk for type 1 diabetes
Young children at high genetic risk for type 1 diabetes may be more likely to progress to the disease based on their dietary intake, according to a presenter at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes annual meeting.
Meta Pharmaceuticals receives FDA rare pediatric disease designation for META-001-PH
Meta Pharmaceuticals has received FDA rare pediatric disease designation for its investigational new drug META-001-PH, according to a press release.
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Transplants for school-aged children increase during summer vs. non-summer break weeks
Kidney transplants in school-aged children increased during the summer break compared with non-summer break weeks, according to published data.
Q&A: A checkup with CDC Director Mandy K. Cohen, MD, MPH
We checked in with CDC Director Mandy K. Cohen, MD, MPH, for an update on the agency’s efforts to modernize the nation’s disease surveillance and data systems and improve how the CDC communicates with the public and physicians.
USPSTF: Provide or refer youth with high BMI to behavioral interventions
In a final recommendation statement, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force said that health care professionals should refer or provide youth aged 6 years and older with high BMI to intensive, comprehensive behavioral interventions.
GLP-1 dispensing among adolescents, young adults rose from 2020 to 2023
Dispensing of GLP-1 receptor agonists increased nearly 600% among adolescents and young adults in the United States from 2020 to 2023 and was particularly significant among girls and young women, a new study showed.
Q&A: What to expect at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting
Participation in the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting is back to pre-COVID-19 levels of engagement, according to one of the event’s program chairs.
'We have to tailor the treatment' for obesity in children and adolescents
DENVER — Individualized care is critical for treating childhood obesity, according to a presenter at the Obesity Medicine Association’s annual conference.
New-onset type 1 diabetes cases among children decline in 2022 after sharp increase
Rates of new-onset type 1 diabetes among children fell back to pre-pandemic levels in 2022 after sharply increasing in 2021, according to a population-wide analysis of data from Scotland published in Diabetes Care.
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