Pediatrics

The leveling off of rates may indicate that public health campaigns are actually starting to work… A third of children in England are overweight/obese, finds a 20-year King’s College London study of electronic health records. But the rapid rise in prevalence may be starting to level off — at least …

Rudy Bilous, MD, FRCP Richard Donnelly, MD, PHD, FRCP, FRACP The vast majority of cases of diabetes in children are type 1, caused by autoimmune destruction of beta cells in the pancre­atic islets. A steady increase in the incidence of type 1 dia­betes has been reported worldwide (average increase 2.5-3% per year …

Change Talk: Childhood Obesity is a role-play simulation where you take the role of a healthcare provider and engage in a practice conversation with a virtual mother and her child. Through the conversation, you learn to apply Motivational Interviewing (MI) techniques to help them identify motivation for change, supporting them …

Elevated fasting insulin levels in children aged 3 to 6 years may help predict which children will develop type 2 diabetes as adults… Although researchers did not find the same association for older children and adolescents, they did find an association between body mass index (BMI) in peripubertal years and …

Metformin was linked to reduced food intake, decreased hunger ratings, and increased fullness ratings… For obese hyperinsulinemic children, metformin seems to decrease perceived hunger and increase perceived fullness, according to a published study. Mopelola A. Adeyemo, M.P.H., from the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., and colleagues examined the …

Evidence suggests that the timing of diabetes onset and exposure to serious hypoglycemia may be factors in the cognitive decline of type 1 diabetics… The new study is the first of its kind to follow intelligence quotient (IQ) in type 1 diabetes patients from diagnosis in childhood into young adulthood …

Increased breath acetone was linked to increases in beta hydroxybutyrate (a ketone) levels in the blood… Researchers may have identified a chemical marker for type 1 diabetes in the breath of children. Around 1 in 4 children with type 1 diabetes are unaware they have a condition until they develop …

Scans may be documenting early development of food reward circuitry in young children… A study suggests that children who are obese may overeat because they crave more sugar than slimmer youngsters. Brain scans showed that their reward centers are stimulated more intensely when they are exposed to sweet flavors. Scientists …

Offspring count higher for unaffected siblings, adult-onset type 1 patients…. The Finnish researchers assessed fertility, defined as number of offspring, in the affected and unaffected siblings included in the T1DGC. Clinical information was collected from participants aged ≥18 years at the time of examination. The number of offspring of affected …

Girls whose mothers were also overweight or obese had an even higher risk…. Researchers conducted a study to see if there was an association between hyperglycemia in utero, gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), and childhood obesity. This research included 421 girls and their mothers in the Kaiser Permanente system in Northern …