Pediatric Obesity

The FDA’s approval of a rapid-acting insulin for children with diabetes was one of the top stories in endocrinology last week.

Exposure to gestational diabetes in utero is associated with worse cardiovascular health in offspring from childhood through adolescence, according to an analysis of health plan data published in Pediatric Obesity.

Excess weight at age 3 years is associated with higher risk for overweight or obesity at age 15 years, according to findings published in Pediatric Obesity.

Children born to mothers who consumed at least 360 mg caffeine per day during pregnancy are more likely to have a higher BMI and greater total body, abdominal and liver fat masses compared with children born to mothers who consumed 90 mg or less caffeine per day, according to findings from a population-based study.

Obesity is common at diagnosis of pituitary adenoma in childhood and may persist despite successful treatment, according to findings published in Clinical Endocrinology.

Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty was found to be safe and effective in children and adolescents with obesity, according to data published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology.

A study presented at ObesityWeek showed that people were more likely to consider the negative health effects of drinking soda if the beverages came with warning labels on the packaging. This was the week’s top story in endocrinology.

Findings from two studies published recently in Pediatrics emphasized the negative impact that food insecurity has on child health and the role that policies and recommendations play in mitigating this impact.

Researchers determined that higher liver fat content independent of BMI correlated with an adverse cardio-metabolic risk profile among children.