Pediatrics

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• Lack of sleep linked to poor diets in children

• May 14, 2013
• Children who sleep less and have a high variability in sleep duration, besides sleep disturbances, are more likely to develop poor, obesity-promoting...More »

• In the Journals Perspective

• Preventable conditions top list of reasons for readmission among preemies

• April 25, 2013
• Jaundice, feeding difficulties and respiratory distress are leading causes of readmission for preterm and early term infants, according to study results...More »

• In the Journals

• Frequent eating linked to lower body weight in children, adolescents

• April 17, 2013
• Frequent eating is associated with lower body weight status in children and adolescents, new research suggests.
  “Interestingly the inverse...More »

• In the Journals

• Support system can boost breast-feeding rates

• April 9, 2013
• Having a strong support system in place for new mothers in the pediatrician’s office can encourage new mothers to breast-feed for the recommended...More »

• In the Journals

• Antibiotics improved outcomes in children with malnutrition

• Infectious Diseases in Children, April 2013
• In the treatment of uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition, the addition of antibiotics to therapeutic regimens was linked to an improvement in recovery...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• Proposed eating disorder diagnosis linked to cognitive, mental health concerns

• March 20, 2013
• Children and adolescents who meet criteria for a newly proposed diagnostic category for DSM-5, avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, are clinically...More »

• In the Journals

• Earlier gluten introduction could reduce celiac disease in infants

• Infectious Diseases in Children, April 2013
• The gradual introduction of gluten-containing food in infants from 4 months of age, preferably during breast-feeding, is recommended to reduce the...More »

• In the Journals

• Breast-feeding rates on the rise

• February 22, 2013
• The percentage of women breast-feeding their infants is rising, according to findings in a recent Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
  Researchers...More »

• In the Journals

• Enteral nutrition improved weight, BMI in pediatric patients with Crohn’s disease

• February 22, 2013
• Children with Crohn’s disease who received exclusive enteral nutrition experienced significant improvements to weight and BMI, but not height, in a...More »

• In the Journals Perspective

• More research indicates maternal use of folic acid lowered autism risk

• February 13, 2013
• Researchers reported that maternal use of supplemental folic acid around the time of conception was associated with a 39% lower odds of an autism spectrum...More »

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