Nutrition News

Dietary patterns among infants vary by maternal race/ethnicity and education and influence infant growth in various ways, according to study findings published in Pediatrics.

Recent data show girls who live in neighborhoods with a greater abundance of food or service retail, including fast-food restaurants and supermarkets, or physical disorder, such as litter and graffiti, had a higher risk for obesity in adolescence.

Obese adolescents who participated in aerobic, resistance or combined exercise decreased their total body fat and waist circumference, according to study findings in JAMA Pediatrics.

Sodium intake among school-aged children in the United States is higher than CDC recommendations, according to a recent MMWR report.

The risk for type 2 diabetes among children may be lowered with regular consumption of a healthy breakfast, according to research published in PLoS Medicine.

Due to growing use of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tubes among children with feeding and nutrition difficulties, the European Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, or ESPGHAN, addressed placement techniques in a recent statement published in the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology.

Children who have a sibling with obesity are more likely to become obese themselves, no matter their birth order, according to research published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

Unhealthy food and drinks are commonly and positively portrayed in children’s television programs broadcast in the United Kingdom and Ireland, according to study findings in Archives of Disease in Childhood.

Survivors of severe acute malnutrition in childhood have an elevated risk for high diastolic BP, reduced cardiac output and increased vascular resistance.

Many high school students engage in behaviors that increase their risk for leading causes of morbidity and mortality. The latest numbers from the CDC indicate that some of these behaviors have decreased in the last decade, including the number of sexually active adolescents, while others have increased, including the number of adolescents who do not use condoms, according to findings from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Report presented during a telebriefing today.