Nutrition News

The low glycemic index therapy diet provided a balance between reducing seizures and relatively fewer adverse events compared with the ketogenic diet and the modified Atkins diet, according to findings published in JAMA Pediatrics.

The Infectious Diseases in Children Symposium will shift from an in-person to a virtual format for 2020, organizer Healio LIVE announced.

Practicing pediatricians have been using telehealth technology to communicate with patients who are not able to physically visit offices because of social distancing measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. Infectious Diseases in Children asked Editorial Board Member Eugene Shapiro, MD, professor of pediatrics and epidemiology at Yale School of Medicine, if patients should pay the same amount for a telehealth visit as they would for an in-person visit.

Boston Children’s Hospital, once again, has claimed the top spot in U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings for Best Children’s Hospital.

Breastfeeding infants who were fed formula during their post-partum hospital stay were 2 1/2 to six times more likely to be weaned off of breast milk in the first year of life compared with infants who were breastfed exclusively, a study published in Pediatrics found.

The NIH has recently announced the launch of a new strategic plan to advance nutrition research for the next 10 years.

Picky eating begins early in a child’s life and is associated with parental tactics to counteract pickiness, according to a recently published study in Pediatrics.

The AAP issued a revised policy statement regarding resistance training, saying children of all ages can benefit from it under the proper supervision.

A scientific statement from the American Heart Association addressed the role of caregivers in the development of healthy eating behaviors in children, actions that can be taken by caregivers to improve these outcomes and challenges that may inhibit these changes.

A secondary analysis of survey data showed a small but not clinically relevant association between early exposure to video games and a higher BMI score in later years, which could be explained by irregularity of bedtime and a high consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, researchers reported.