Nutrition News

According to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, there is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against screening for food insecurity in primary care settings.

Financial incentives helped adolescents with severe obesity lose weight and body fat, according to research published in JAMA Pediatrics.

We checked in with CDC Director Mandy K. Cohen, MD, MPH, for an update on the agency’s efforts to modernize the nation’s disease surveillance and data systems and improve how the CDC communicates with the public and physicians.

The relationship between obesity and disordered eating behaviors represents a complex combination of psychological, physiological and environmental influences.

BMI remains an effective tool for measuring body fat in youth, despite relying only on weight and height, according to research published in Pediatrics.

Vitamin B12 supplementation may be helpful for those with deficiencies, according to an expert, but evidence among the general population is inconclusive.

High ultra-processed food consumption in young children is associated with adiposity and other cardiometabolic risk factors, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

Greater intake of ultraprocessed foods, like sugary drinks and ready-to-eat products, was associated with a slightly higher risk of all-cause mortality, according to results of a 30-study published in BMJ Open.

TORONTO — Children with high blood pressure are more likely to be at risk for a stroke, heart attack or other major cardiac event later in life, according to research presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting.

Participation in the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting is back to pre-COVID-19 levels of engagement, according to one of the event’s program chairs.