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In adolescents with type 1 diabetes, use of a continuous glucose monitor, alone or in conjunction with insulin pump therapy, was associated with lower diabetes-related distress and lower HbA1c compared with no device use, according to study findings published in the Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology.

The risks for all-cause mortality and mortality from cardiovascular causes, sepsis, renal failure, respiratory disorders and cancer are significantly higher among adults with insulin-treated diabetes diagnosed before age 30 years compared with adults without diabetes, study data show.

The prevalence of obesity and severe obesity increased from 2005 to 2016 in adults aged at least 20 years, but no significant increases were observed among children and adolescents, according to National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data.

CHICAGO — Infants with a high birth weight were less likely to develop overweight or obesity in childhood if they were exclusively breast-fed for the first 6 months of life, according to study data presented here.

CHICAGO — Children aged 7 to 13 years with type 1 diabetes who used an artificial pancreas system for 3 months experienced a reduction in HbA1c and an improvement in time to glucose values in the target range, without any episodes of severe hypoglycemia or diabetic ketoacidosis, according to study data presented here.

Infant girls fed soy formula from birth had a higher vaginal cell maturation index and lower uterine volume involution over the first 9 months of infancy vs. infant girls fed cow’s milk formula during the same period, according to findings from an observational study.

Infants born to mothers with overweight or obesity were more likely to have overweight or obesity at age 1 and 3 years compared with those born to mothers with normal weight, and those delivered by cesarean section to mothers with elevated BMI were the most likely to have overweight or obesity, according to findings published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Hispanic adolescents assigned to 16 weeks of supplementation with a commercial probiotic formulation experienced an increase in total adiposity, total fat mass, trunk fat mass and trunk adiposity compared with those assigned to placebo, according to findings published in Pediatric Obesity.

Families working together toward shared health and fitness goals would appear to be an unequivocal “win-win” in terms of developing good habits and spending quality time together. This type of positive, healthy lifestyle change for the entire household is the stated objective of an upcoming Weight Watchers promotion aimed specifically at teenagers.

The number of cases of type 2 diabetes among children in the United Kingdom rose during the past decade, with evidence of an increasing trend among girls and children of South Asian ethnicity, according to findings published in Diabetic Medicine.