Pediatrics

Structured Weight Loss Program Helps Kids from Low-Income Families Lower BMI
03/13/2013 - 11:16

Overweight and obese children in low-income households can meet or exceed the Expert Committee Recommendations Regarding the Prevention, Assessment, and Treatment of Childhood and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity when given access to a structured weight management program, according to a new study published in Academic Pediatrics.

 

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Hopkins Researchers Describe First ‘Functional HIV Cure’ in an Infant
03/04/2013 - 09:56

A team of researchers from Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, the University of Mississippi Medical Center and the University of Massachusetts Medical School describe the first case of a so-called “functional cure” in an HIV-infected infant. The finding, the investigators say, may help pave the way to eliminating HIV infection in children.

 

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Mental health approach to teenage alcohol prevention is successful
01/24/2013 - 10:47

Targeted psychological interventions aimed at teenagers at risk of emotional and behavioural problems significantly reduce their drinking behaviour, and that of their schoolmates, according to the results from a large randomised controlled trial published today in JAMA Psychiatry. The authors argue that the intervention could be administered in schools throughout the UK to help prevent teenage alcohol abuse.

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Childhood Obesity Linked to More Immediate Health Problems Than Previously Thought
01/14/2013 - 09:54

While a great deal of research on childhood obesity has spotlighted the long-term health problems that emerge in adulthood, a new UCLA study focuses on the condition's immediate consequences and shows that obese youngsters are at far greater risk than had been supposed.

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Increased Medical and Social Support Needed to Reduce Black Infant Mortality
12/28/2012 - 11:56

The mortality rate for black and white infants in Dane County was just about equal from 2004 until 2007.  However, black infant deaths rose from 2008 to 2010 while the mortality rate for white babies remained steady.

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Bedroom TV Viewing Increases Risk of Obesity in Children
12/11/2012 - 09:59

The average American child from age 8 to 18 watches about 4.5 hours of TV each day. Seventy percent have a TV in the bedroom and about one-third of youth aged 6-19 is considered obese. Previous studies have shown that TV viewing time during childhood and adolescence continues into adulthood, resulting in overweight and elevated total cholesterol. An investigative team from the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, LA reports new study findings, establishing the relationship between having and watching TV in the bedroom and childhood obesity, specifically high waist circumference.

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