Nutrition News

In a letter, AAP President Sara H. Goza, MD, FAAP, asked HHS for “immediate, direct financial relief payments” for pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists and pediatric surgical specialists “to keep practices open, pay staff, and procure needed supplies.”

According to data published in JAMA, children’s healthy diet scores improved by 27% during a recent 18-year period. The scores were based on the American Heart Association’s continuous diet score, which measures targeted consumption of total fruits and vegetables, whole grains, fish and shellfish, sugar-sweetened beverages and sodium.

According to WHO, Earth has warmed approximately 0.85°C over the last 130 years — with each of the past 3 decades being successively warmer than any preceding decade since 1850. It will warm more than 3°C this century alone.

The average caloric intake among children from eating post-game snacks exceeds the number of calories they burn playing sports, study findings suggest.

According to researchers, eating disorders — which affect more than 1 in 10 Americans — pose “a serious threat” to patients’ health and well-being, but many primary care physicians find it challenging to identify these disorders.

Children who watch child-oriented cooking shows featuring healthy foods are 2.7 times more likely to make healthy food choices compared with those who watch cooking shows featuring unhealthy foods, according to a study published in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior.

Repeated antibiotic exposure in early childhood is associated with an increased likelihood of obesity and a higher mean BMI, according to results from a New Zealand study published in JAMA Network Open.

Pediatric feeding disorders are common in children with autism, and medical issues associated with these disorders could be overlooked due to underlying behavioral, communication and sensory challenges, according to a presentation at the International Pediatric Feeding Disorder Conference.

On April 1, a final rule that changes some of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, eligibility requirements takes effect, according to reporting by USA Today.

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