Nutrition News

Physiological adverse events linked to consuming energy drinks were “significantly more prevalent” than those linked to coffee, according to data recently published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

Nutrition plays a crucial role in the neurodevelopment of children between conception and age 2; however, more assistance is needed for families regarding breast-feeding and dietary support, according to a policy statement issued by the AAP Committee on Nutrition.

Although the number of children enrolled in WIC who had severe obesity increased from 2000 to 2004, the prevalence of this condition dropped from 2.12% to 1.96% between 2010 and 2014, according to findings published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Children delivered by cesarean were at higher risk for obesity and asthma, but cesarean deliveries were linked to a lower risk of pelvic prolapse and urinary incontinence among mothers, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis recently published in PLOS Medicine.

Young children living in communities with a low socioeconomic status who participated in a home visiting program had significantly lowered rate of obesity, with children of Hispanic families less likely to be overweight or obese at 2 years when receiving the intervention, according to a recently published study in Pediatrics.

Efforts to help patients who have overweight or obesity — which CDC data suggest affects nearly 40% of adults and 20% of children in the U.S. — need to go beyond doctors and hospitals, two doctors told Healio Family Medicine.

Although the AAP currently recommends introduction of complimentary foods — including any solids or liquids other than breast milk or formula — at 6 months, this practice occurs before the age of 4 months in 16.3% of American infants, with those who were never breast-fed or breast-fed for less than 4 months at greater risk of early introduction.

Children and adolescents who do not consume tap water are more likely to experience dental caries but are slightly less likely to have elevated blood lead levels, according to a study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

Children who frequently ate fish showed higher IQ scores and reported fewer sleep problems than their counterparts who seldom or never ate fish, according to findings recently published in Scientific Reports.

Children between the ages of 2 and 5 years with overweight or obesity experience asthma symptoms and exacerbations more frequently than children of the same age with normal weight; however, inhaled corticosteroids can reduce the annual symptom days and exacerbations experienced by this demographic.