Endocrinology News

Children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes assigned insulin glargine injection 300 U/mL for 26 weeks experienced a reduction in HbA1c similar to that of children assigned insulin glargine 100 U/mL, according to findings from the randomized phase 3b EDITION JUNIOR study presented at International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes Annual Meeting.

NEW ORLEANS — Pediatric patients with severe obesity who underwent bariatric surgery between 2015 and 2017 had low rates of readmission, reoperation and complications, regardless of age or BMI, according to study findings presented at the AAP National Conference & Exhibition.

NEW ORLEANS — The AAP issued a policy statement and technical report aimed at improving access to metabolic and bariatric surgery for young patients with severe obesity.

NEW ORLEANS — A new AAP policy statement offered ways for pediatricians to improve access to metabolic and bariatric surgery for pediatric and adolescent patients who qualify for the procedures.

Females with obesity, polycystic ovary syndrome and obstructive sleep apnea are at greater risk for type 2 diabetes than those with only obesity and polycystic ovary syndrome, according to an abstract presented at SLEEP.

Obesity among children enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, or WIC, significantly declined from 2010 through 2016, data published in JAMA show.

The FDA announced today the approval of liraglutide for treating children aged at least 10 years with type 2 diabetes.

Compared with healthy adolescents who become pregnant, those with diabetes before pregnancy are at higher risk for experiencing multiple complications, such as preeclampsia, preterm delivery and cesarean delivery; diabetic ketoacidosis more than doubles the odds for experiencing such outcomes, according to an analysis of claims data published in Pediatric Diabetes.

Youths who reported they were teased or ridiculed about their weight increased their BMI by 33% more each year compared with a similar group who reported they had not been teased, according to findings published in Pediatric Obesity.

Costs associated with screening a patient for diabetes and conducting confirmatory testing via community pharmacies in England was comparable to the same services performed in medical practices, according to findings recently published in Pharmacy.