Endocrinology News

Urinary BPA concentration was significantly associated with obesity in a cross-sectional study of children and adolescents, according to results of a recent study.

Practical, low-intensity behavioral interventions administered during routine care to families of youth with type 1 diabetes improved glycemic outcomes, demonstrating the need for disease self-management strategies.

Gestational exposure to urban air pollution led to a statistically significant reduction in cord blood serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D, thus posing a threat to the child’s future health, according to study results published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.

Although GH treatment is efficacious in improving height in short children born small for gestational age, little is known on its effect when started during adolescence. However, new data from a Dutch study have shown that GH treatment was beneficial in improving height in this population.

Despite what many physicians and parents believe, consuming breast-milk or cow’s milk early on in life does not affect puberty onset, according to study results published online.

Due to a shift in diet and sedentary lifestyles, populations are experiencing a boom in obesity, particularly in low- and middle-income families. Researchers have found that maternal obesity is now a problem in sub-Saharan Africa, where early neonatal death is more common among babies born to this population of women.

Prenatal exposure to higher magnetic field levels was associated with an increased risk for obesity in children, data showed.

In response to a food additive petition filed by the American Chemistry Council, the FDA has amended food additive regulations to no longer allow bisphenol Ato be used in the manufacturing of infant bottles and training cups.

Researchers in New Zealand found that adolescents with type 1 diabetes experienced a 10% reduction in exercise capacity along with an impaired left ventricular diastolic response to acute exercise compared with healthy adolescents.

Certain behavior practices by adolescents — notably, oral contraceptive use in girls and alcohol consumption in boys — have been linked to increased BP and CV risk in late adolescents, according to results of a large follow-up study conducted in Australia.