Endocrinology News

Adolescents with type 1 diabetes often face multiple emotional burdens that affect diabetes management, and selecting the right screening tools and behavioral interventions can increase health-related quality of life and improve outcomes, according to a literature review published in Pediatric Diabetes.

Children with obesity who have a high level of cardiorespiratory fitness have a lower cardiometabolic risk and less insulin resistance when compared with children with obesity who are not fit, according to findings published in Diabetes Care.

Adolescents with type 1 diabetes who self-reported their health as “fair” or “poor” were more likely to have poor diabetes control and high diabetes-related stress and to use insulin injection or pen therapy than adolescents who rated their health as “very good” or “excellent,” according to an analysis of data from the T1D Exchange.

German children with overweight who participated in a comprehensive lifestyle intervention program for 6 months saw a sustained reduction in BMI over 7 years when compared with a control group, according to study findings published in Clinical Nutrition.

Children with previously untreated growth hormone deficiency who received growth hormone therapy for 1 year experienced improvements in cardiac structure, body composition and cardiopulmonary functional capacity, study data show.

Increasing sleep duration may be effective for improving risk markers for type 2 diabetes, including insulin levels, insulin resistance and all measures of body size and fatness, in school-aged children, according to a study.

For a child struggling with obesity, the issue of weight touches every aspect of life, including daily interactions at home, at school and in the wider social environment. Children with overweight or obesity are often mischaracterized as lazy or gluttonous and may be shamed or mocked by their peers or family members.

Diabetes duration of more than 10 years increases the risk for diabetic peripheral neuropathy in adolescents and young adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, according to findings published in Diabetes Care.

Children whose diagnosis of type 1 diabetes coincided with diabetic ketoacidosis have worse glycemic control than those without the condition at diagnosis, study data show.

Children born preterm and large for gestational age or at term with a high birth weight have an increased risk for overweight or obesity at second grade compared with children born small or normal for gestational age or with a low or normal birth weight, according to published findings.