Pediatric Obesity

Infants aged 6 months to 1 year who follow existing complementary feeding guidelines could still reach unhealthy weights, according to findings from a computational simulation model recently published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

Nearly 1 in 3 parents who were eligible for the CDC’s National Diabetes Prevention Program also had at least one child who was overweight or obese, according to findings recently published in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. The results show that the nationwide program can be leveraged to reach high-risk children, researchers said.

Among the top stories in endocrinology last week were a study that provided common characteristics in children with obesity, and a study that suggested adults with hyperthyroidism who received treatments for the condition may have an increased risk for obesity

Children with obesity are more likely to be boys, be physically inactive and have parents with some combination of elevated BMI and lower levels of education, according to findings published in Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews.

Higher maternal body weight at 1 month postpartum predicted greater infant weight gain over 6 months among a small cohort of mother-infant pairs, with maternal blood pressure mediating the association, according to findings published in Pediatric Obesity.