Endocrinology News

Two studies on current childhood obesity rates and related costs demonstrated that severe adolescent obesity is rising in the United States, and that significant direct costs can be attributed to health problems associated with childhood obesity.

The incidence of diabetic ketoacidosis in children with type 1 diabetes continues to be high, although it has stabilized, according to recent findings.

In children with normal thyroid function, smaller thyroid volume appears to be linked to higher normal thyroid-stimulating hormone levels, according to recent findings.

The weight-regulating hormones leptin and irisin were elevated while adiponectin was decreased in people who experienced higher levels or repeated incidents of physical, emotional or sexual abuse or neglect as children, according to new research.

Higher childhood BMI was associated with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder that was not treated with stimulants, according to recent study findings published in Pediatrics.

Obese girls aged 11, 13 and 16 years performed at a lower academic level than their normal-weight peers, according to findings in a newly released study.

Obese adolescents monitored for their sleep demonstrated an inverse correlation with their continuous cardiometabolic risk score, suggesting that less sleep could influence cardiometabolic health in this population, according to findings in a recently published study.

MONTREAL — Despite guidelines recently released from The Endocrine Society recommending universal screening for glucose abnormalities in adolescents with polycystic ovary syndrome, data from retrospective research presented here at the annual meeting of the Canadian Pediatric Endocrine Group suggest more selective screening of dysglycemia may be warranted.

MONTREAL — The management of pediatric hypoparathyroidism carries risks for complications such as renal abnormalities, according to research presented here at the annual meeting of the Canadian Pediatric Endocrine Group. “The rationale for the study is that this has been studied in adults, but no longitudinal studies in pediatric cohorts have been done,” said Isaac Levy, MD, a fellow in pediatric endocrinology at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.

The opening or expansion of casinos was associated with an increase in economic resources and decreased risk for overweight or obesity among American Indian children, according to researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.