Endocrinology News

More teenagers who are undergoing metabolic and bariatric surgery are opting for vertical sleeve gastrectomies over laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass or adjustable gastric bands, according to research published in JAMA Pediatrics. This trend, according to researchers, mirrors trends seen in adults undergoing these procedures.

More than one-quarter of children in a population-based Swedish cohort exhibited at least one risk factor for metabolic syndrome, including increased waist circumference, insulin resistance and higher levels of triglycerides and LDL cholesterol, according to findings published in Acta Paediatrica.

Children with type 1 diabetes, vitamin B12 deficiency and nephropathy assigned to 12 weeks of vitamin B supplementation experienced improvements in markers of renal disease and inflammation vs. those receiving usual care, suggesting the intervention may have a protective effect, according to findings presented at the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology annual meeting.

Increased cortisol reactivity may play a mechanistic role in predicting weight gain among adolescent girls, suggesting teens exposed to prenatal drug use are at particularly high risk for overweight or obesity due to a blunted stress response, according to findings published in Pediatric Obesity.

Adolescents and young adults with vitamin D deficiency are nearly 2.5 times more likely to have metabolic syndrome vs. those without vitamin D deficiency, according to findings from an ongoing study of participants in China.

Exposure to high levels of air pollution in pregnancy may have subtle influences on the development of the fetal thyroid gland and its subsequent function, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

A lower dose of levothyroxine treatment at age 6 months in infants with a normally located thyroid gland and a lower likelihood of having a first-degree family history of congenital hypothyroidism were associated with transient congenital hypothyroidism vs. permanent disease, according to data published in Thyroid.

BALTIMORE — In this video exclusive, Endocrine Today Diabetes in Real Life columnist Susan Weiner, MS, RDN, CDE, FAADE, talks with Jeff Hitchcock, president, and Laura Billetdeaux, vice president of education and programs, for Children With Diabetes. Hitchcock founded the organization in 1995 to share experiences of families with young children with type 1 diabetes.

A dietary and lifestyle intervention for pregnant women who were overweight or obese did not alter their children’s growth or adiposity at 18 months, according to a study results published in Pediatrics.

Additional strategies are needed to address the high rate of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes, according to study data published in Pediatric Diabetes.