Nutrition News

Advanced glycation end products, or AGEs, which are found in abundance in junk food, are likely associated with the significant increase of food allergies among children in recent years, according to study results presented at the annual meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition.

In this guest commentary from Feeding Matters, James A. Phalen, MD, Medical Director of Feeding Matters discusses a newly-published article that he co-authored on pediatric feeding disorder. Phalen serves as developmental pediatrician, University Health System, University Medicine Associates, San Antonio, Texas; Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics, University of Texas Health San Antonio, Texas; and Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland.

Obesity among children enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, or WIC, significantly declined from 2010 through 2016, data published in JAMA show.

Children who consumed sweet or salty snacks and sweetened beverages had lower standardized test scores, while kids who drank water regularly performed significantly better on a switching task, according two different presentations at Nutrition 2019.

A 2018 study in Nutrients that analyzed the dietary recall of nearly 6,000 children aged 2 to 5 years reported that mean daily vitamin intake of vitamin D was about 248 IU, which was below the AAP recommendation that all infants, children and teenagers consume a minimum daily intake of 400 IU.

SAN DIEGO — The Crohn’s Disease Exclusion Diet appeared to be an effective and well-tolerated, first-line therapy for children with mild-to-moderate Crohn’s disease, according to data presented at Digestive Disease Week.

Fifty-five percent of parents underestimate the degree of excess weight in their children, and 34% of children and adolescents underestimate their own weight status, according to data presented at the European Congress on Obesity.

A recent study, named AsthmaDIET, found evidence that children with a diet higher in omega-3 fatty acids had fewer asthma symptoms caused by indoor air pollution, whereas children with diets higher in omega-6 fatty acids experienced more severe asthma symptoms.

Infectious Diseases in Children asked Janet R. Gilsdorf, MD, DSc (Hon), FPIDS, a past president of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society and the Robert P. Kelch Research Professor Emerita at the University of Michigan Medical Center, how she saw the value of the pediatric ID specialty, why she went into the field and what it means to her.

Pediatric infectious disease specialists are the lowest paid physicians compared with all other medical specialties, according to a recent report.