Endocrinology News

Children and adolescents with Crohn’s disease who received anti-tumor necrosis factor-alpha therapy showed rapid improvement in trabecular bone mineral density and cortical structure besides improvements in disease activity, according to research in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

Contemporary children in certain populations are exposed to two distinct environmental pressures that put them at risk for obesity — one while very young and another encountered during puberty — that were not a concern for children born a generation ago, according to research in the International Journal of Obesity.

SAN DIEGO — Children who watched at least one hour of television per day were significantly more likely to be overweight vs. children who watched 30 minutes or less, according to data presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting.

Many newborns are exposed to bisphenol A, but healthy, full-term infants are able to quickly and effectively metabolize the chemical, according to research in The Journal of Pediatrics.

Prepubescent girls with obesity have significantly higher estrogen and genotoxic metabolite levels than girls with lean BMI, according to research in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

Between 1998 and 2012, the incidence of diabetic ketoacidosis at the time of a type 1 diabetes diagnosis increased by 55% among youths in Colorado, according to recent study findings.

Daily high-dose oral insulin compared with placebo resulted in an immune response to insulin without hypoglycemia among children at high risk for type 1 diabetes, according to study findings published in JAMA.

Daily high-dose oral insulin compared with placebo resulted in an immune response to insulin without hypoglycemia among children at high risk for type 1 diabetes, according to study findings published in JAMA.

High muscle mass may be linked to healthier bone development in children, according to research published in the journal Bone.

In very preterm infants, blood concentrations of adiponectin appear to increase significantly within the first 3 weeks of life, according to recent findings.