Patrick Campbell

A recent study suggests that high ultraprocessed food consumption in preschool children is linked to increased cardiometabolic risk factors.

Viaskin milk patch shows promise in cow’s milk allergy, particularly in children aged 2-11 with 300 μg dose, though the other doses examined failed to prove significant benefit.

Data from a 4-year trial of preschool-aged children offers new insight into the effects of initiating obesity management strategies among children in early life.

An analysis of a nationwide sample of more than 30,000 clinicians provides insight into rates of HPV vaccination among US adolescents and how changes in reimbursement rate might encourage increased vaccination rates.

A follow-up to an earlier study, the latest research leveraged EHR data from medical centers in North Carolina and concluded incident cases of type 1 diabetes increased nearly 50% and incident cases of type 2 diabetes more than doubled in 2021-2022 relative to prepandemic years.

An analysis of data from nearly 750,000 adolescents from more than 40 countries offers insight into the changing, and possibly inaccurate, perceptions of healthy body weight among younger people since the turn of the century.

Results of the study, which was an analysis of accelerometry data the TEDDY study, indicate every 10-minute increase in daily moderate to vigorous physical activity was associated with an 8% reduction in risk of progressing to type 1 diabetes, but this association was not present among those who were single islet autoantibody-positive or single islet autoantibody-negative.

A retrospective analysis of more than 60 patients 21 years or younger who received a transcatheter leadless pacemaker provides an overview of the safety of such an approach in younger patient populations.

The latest scientific statement from the American Heart Association takes aim at offering clinicians with a summary of contemporary evidence related to the prevalence and increase in long-term risk associated with hypertension in children and adolescents.

A study from Slovenia suggests a physical activity intervention that would require physical activity every day while at school was effective for reducing BMI and reversing obesity in young children.

A systematic review and meta-analysis of nearly 3 dozen published articles details the apparent increase in risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes associated with a diagnosis of autism.

In what investigators are calling the largest study of its kind ever conducted in the US, results of the 2-year study, which included more than 300 transgender or nonbinary youth, underline the positive benefits seen with receipt of gender-affirming hormone therapy among this patient population.

Using data from more than 25,000 preschool-aged children in Sweden provides an overview in trends of weight gain and BMI changes that may have impacted pediatric populations during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The US FDA announced the approval of teplizumab (Tzield), which is administered through IV infusion once daily for 14 consecutive days, for delaying the onset of stage 3 type 1 diabetes in adults and pediatric patients 8 years and older who currently have stage 2 type 1 diabetes.