Nutrition News

WASHINGTON — The American Academy of Pediatrics on Monday named Anthony S. Fauci, MD, FAAP, an honorary fellow for what it called his “decades of distinguished leadership, dedication, wisdom and service to children and families.”

WASHINGTON — An analysis of nearly 150 blogs recommending milk alternatives for toddlers found that nearly half were run by people without any medical credentials, according to findings presented at the AAP National Conference & Exhibition.

WASHINGTON — Drinks marketed as toddler “formulas” are nutritionally lacking and generally unnecessary for most children, according to a clinical report presented at the AAP National Conference & Exhibition.

In a recent “Patient Page” in JAMA Pediatrics, physicians discussed how families and pediatricians can address food insecurity in children.

In a new clinical report, the AAP recommended against low- and very low-carbohydrate diets for children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes, “except under close diabetes care team supervision utilizing safety guidelines.”

Last year, researchers reported that the prevalence of pediatric obesity increased to 21% in the United States between 2011 and 2020.

Last year, the CDC updated its 22-year-old pediatric BMI-for-age growth charts to add BMIs above the 97th percentile for the first time in order to track severe obesity in children aged 2 to 19 years.

Children aged 10 to 12 years gained more weight during the COVID-19 pandemic than peers assessed before the pandemic, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

A program to promote water drinking in elementary schools prevented increases in the prevalence of students with overweight, a study published in Pediatrics found.

School-based screening and management strategies for childhood obesity including dietary and exercise interventions with family and peer participation could improve the trajectory of CV risk in adulthood, according to a scientific statement.