Pediatrics

Screenings for diabetic retinopathy should begin at age 15 or 5 years after diagnosis....

Proper diabetes education at a young age can reduce amount of common errors… The primary clinical objective to be achieved with insulin therapy initiation is the elimination of ketosis and hyperglycemic events with prevention of chronic problems. Insulin therapy is the primary management of type 1 diabetes, which should be …

Inactivity seems to compromise the cardiometabolic system…. The study with 4,600 children found that children who engage in daily physical exercise reap the health benefits as early as their teens. They found that those who were more active in late childhood had a lower body weight and lower risk factors for …

Diesease progression possible with presence of two or more autoantibodies… Autoimmune type 2 diabetes is preceded by the appearance of islet insulin autoantibodies: GAD autoantibodies (GADAs), insulinoma-associated protein 2 autoantibodies (IA-2AS), and zinc transporter 8 autoantibodies. Previous studies show that diabetes will develop within 10 years in 27-40% of children with …

Children born to mothers who drank caffeine-laden drinks during pregnancy were 89% more likely to be obese… In-utero exposures through adverse fetal programming are emerging as an important contributing factor to the epidemic of childhood obesity. Researchers at the Kaiser Foundation Research Institute, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California, examined the impact …

Parents diagnosed with diabetes and hypertension found to negatively impact children’s glycemic control… It is common knowledge that childhood obesity has been on a drastic increase for the last 20 years. The TODAY trial (Treatment Options for Type 2 Diabetes in Adolescents and Youth) was a large randomized clinical trial …

Obesity in childhood may predispose to poor psychosocial health…. Researchers from the Karolinska Institutet, in Stockholm, Sweden, investigated whether or not the completion of secondary school (9 school years) and upper secondary school (+3y) was lower in children treated for obesity than in matched controls. A total of 1061 individuals, over …

In the Pre-POINT pilot study, five of six children who were at extremely high risk of developing type 1 diabetes and who received a high dose of oral insulin had a protective immune response, and the insulin did not cause hypoglycemia… Children at risk for type 1 diabetes, who were …

SLE (Stressful Life Events) experienced by child during first 14 years of life associated with higher risk of diabetes… Genetic and environmental factors are involved in the development of type 1 diabetes. Multiple environmental factors have been studied, such as viral infections, dietary habits in infancy, birthweight, early weight gain, …

Peter Katzmarzyk, PhD, discusses the growing problem of childhood obesity which frequently contributes to the earlier development of adult type 2 diabetes. He also mentions that, particularly in the southern U.S., there are more and more incidences of type 2 in children and teens being reported. More videos with Dr. …