Nutrition News

Childhood BMI, blood pressure and smoking status performed as well as lipid levels in predicting the risk for cardiovascular events in adulthood, according to study findings published in Pediatrics.

Sending young children from low-income households to free summer day camps could help reduce gains in BMI during summer break, according to a randomized clinical trial in JAMA Pediatrics.

High school students with poor mental health were more likely to skip breakfast every day than peers who did not report poor mental health symptoms, according to a study published in MMWR.

Highly caffeinated drinks can pose serious cardiovascular risks to children and adolescents, yet unlike soda, they are not subjected to caffeine content limits or labeling requirements in the United States.

Hospitalizations for scurvy are on the rise among children in the United States, with a significant increase after 2017, according to data published in Pediatrics.

Intermittent and continuous energy restriction diets both improved cardiometabolic measures and reduced symptoms of depression and disordered eating among adolescents with obesity, according to findings published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Nearly half of parents are worried about their child developing a hereditary health condition, according to results from the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll of Children’s Health.

Gaining weight can raise the risk for atopic dermatitis and possibly other immune-mediated skin diseases in children, whereas losing weight can reduce this risk, according to a study.

Schools with universal free school meals saw greater meal participation, as well as improvements in attendance and suspensions, according to a systematic review published in JAMA Network Open.