Endocrinology News

Real-time continuous glucose monitoring and the traditional intermittent arterial-line glucose monitoring method were comparable for identifying hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia in preterm infants, but real-time CGM may be more effective in infants of mothers with diabetes, according to a study.

Adolescents and emerging adults with type 1 diabetes who report supportive peer and parental relationships are more likely to report less emotional and food- and treatment-related distress 1 year later, according to findings reported in Diabetes Care.

Unadjusted BMI data in England underestimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity among the country’s South Asian children, particularly among those aged 10 to 11 years, and the numbers overestimate obesity prevalence among black children, according to a new analysis using ethnicity-specific BMI adjustments.

Albumin-to-creatinine ratio over time was not affected by ACE inhibitor or statin therapies in adolescents with type 1 diabetes, according to study findings published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

WASHINGTON — Children with overweight or obesity who interrupt continuous sitting with short bouts of moderate-intensity physical activity every 30 minutes have improved acute glucose metabolism compared with those who continually sit, according to a speaker here.

WASHINGTON — Infants who are exclusively bottle-fed may have an increased risk for rapid weight gain between birth and age 6 months and higher weight-for-length z scores, regardless of milk type, compared with infants who are breastfed, according to study findings presented here.

WASHINGTON — Children who had overweight at age 1 to 2 years had lower IQ and other cognition scores at age 5 to 8 years compared with children who had normal weight as toddlers, according to study findings presented at ObesityWeek.

WASHINGTON — An intervention delivered through primary care offices providing nutrition education and parenting support beginning in a woman’s third trimester of pregnancy and continuing through her child’s fourth year can mitigate against early childhood obesity, according to study results presented at ObesityWeek.

WASHINGTON — Children participating in a weight-management program who experience a decrease in BMI at 1 month are more likely to experience further decreases at 6 and 12 months compared with children who do not lose weight that quickly, according to findings presented here.

WASHINGTON — Children who participated in a 1-hour physical activity program before school had improved BMI and reduced risk for overweight or obesity compared with children who did not participate in a physical activity program, according to a presenter here.