Endocrinology News

SAN DIEGO — Infants exposed to gestational diabetes who breastfeed for less than 6 months and drink sugar-sweetened beverages or natural fruit juice are more likely to have obesity during childhood, according to a presenter.

Pediatric patients with prior COVID-19 had a higher likelihood of a new-onset type 1 diabetes diagnosis compared with those with other respiratory infections, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

Researchers observed sex disparities among children with type 1 diabetes, according to a presenter at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes annual meeting.

Rapid weight gain at age 0 to 6 months and high maternal prepregnancy BMI are associated with increased odds for higher waist-to-height ratio, overweight and obesity children age 5 years, according to study findings.

Alex R. Kemper, MD, MPH, MS, FAAP, a practitioner in the division of primary care pediatrics at Nationwide Children's Hospital, noted that "hyperbilirubinemia is very common."

Categorizing children with obesity into one of eight subtypes could help providers better understand the condition and may lead to more specialized care, according to study findings published in PLOS Digital Health.

Pediatric melatonin consumption in the United States has risen more than fivefold since 2012, with related hospitalization increasing as well, according to data published Thursday in MMWR.

The prevalence of prediabetes more than doubled among U.S. youths from 1999 through 2018, according to findings published this week in JAMA Pediatrics.

Approximately one in five girls with type 2 diabetes have polycystic ovary syndrome, according to findings of a meta-analysis in JAMA Network Open.

Almost half of the children and adolescents who were enrolled in a pediatric weight management program for obesity also had high BP, according to research published in The Journal of Clinical Hypertension.