Adolescent Medicine News

SAN ANTONIO — In adolescents with obesity, GLP-1 receptor agonists were associated with lower risk for incident hypertension development 5 and 10 years after initiation vs. other anti-obesity medications, a speaker reported.

SAN ANTONIO — At 24 months, children who received a health literacy-informed digital text and web-based intervention had better weight trajectories vs. those who did not, according to Greenlight Plus Trial results presented at ObesityWeek.

Although state laws have expanded access to naloxone, overdose deaths among adolescents and young adults continue to climb, according to data published in JAMA Pediatrics.

A decade after receiving gastric bypass or sleeve gastrectomy as adolescents, many people maintain their weight loss and achieve remission of obesity-related conditions, including diabetes, according to a study.

Childhood BMI, blood pressure and smoking status performed as well as lipid levels in predicting the risk for cardiovascular events in adulthood, according to study findings published in Pediatrics.

Black youth who experienced intrusive police encounters age faster compared with white youth, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

ORLANDO — Implementing a course focused on well-being into a high school curriculum improved happiness for students, according to a poster presented at the Lifestyle Medicine Conference.

A modified screening with additional questions about suicidal ideation was better at predicting suicide attempts among adolescents than the standard questionnaire, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

Tobacco use has decreased among middle and high school students in the United States, yet an estimated 2.25 million youth still actively used tobacco products in 2024, according to a study by CDC and FDA researchers.

A recently published CDC study painted a detailed picture of mental health and suicide risk among high schoolers in the United States.