Endocrinology News

Children and adolescents receiving larger doses of metformin may experience an increase in height and a decrease in BMI, according to recently published data in JAMA Pediatrics.

Out of 25 states with the highest rates of obesity, 23 are in the South or Midwest regions of the U.S.; however, overall rates of obesity have remained steady across most of the country, according to a recent report from the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Children with type 1 diabetes who experienced insulin-induced hypoglycemia showed a 25 mg/dL rise in plasma glucose within 20 minutes of receiving intranasal glucagon powder therapy, according to study findings presented at the 51st European Association for the Study of Diabetes Annual Meeting.

According to a recent study in Pediatrics, infection-related hospitalizations and treatment for infections may be a childhood determinant of adverse adult cardiometabolic conditions.

Researchers recommended that examinations for diabetic retinopathy could largely begin at 15 years old or later, in a study recently published in Ophthalmology.

In the Teen-Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery study, researchers found that more than half of obese adolescents undergoing bariatric surgery had nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, according to published findings in Gastroenterology.

Compared with Canada, the prevalence of childhood obesity in the United States is higher, with the difference more pronounced among girls than boys, according to a report released by the CDC.

Newborns with transient hypoglycemia in the hours immediately after birth may be more likely to have lower math and reading test scores in childhood, according to research in JAMA Pediatrics.

Increased levels of insulin-like growth factor I and younger age at peak height velocity appear to be associated with gynecomastia in pubertal boys, according to recent study findings published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

Following bariatric surgery, most teens with severe obesity experience improved mental health; however, one in five continues to experience symptoms of depression, according to recent study findings published in Obesity.