Dramatic shifts in the prevalence of overweight and obesity occur between adolescence and young adulthood, a prospective cohort study of Australian youths showed. One in every five teens ages 14 to 17 was classified as overweight. That rate increased to one in every three by age 24, George Patton, MD, of Royal Children's Hospital in Victoria, Australia, and colleagues reported online i...
Pediatrics
Teen Weight Problems Predict Overweight Adults (CME/CE)
Dramatic shifts in the prevalence of overweight and obesity occur between adolescence and young adulthood, a prospective cohort study of Australian youths showed. One in every five teens ages 14 to 17 was classified as overweight. That rate increased to one in every three by age 24, George Patton, MD, of Royal Children's Hospital in Victoria, Australia, and colleagues reported online i...
Geometric Patterns Mesmerize Autistic Tots (CME/CE)
A toddler's fixation on geometric patterns may be an early warning sign of autism, researchers found.
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Children ages 14 to 42 months with autism spectrum disorder spent significantly more time watching repetitive moving geometric images when given the option to look at either those images or at kids dancing and doing other activities, reported Karen Pierce, PhD, of the University of Californ...
PCV-7 Vaccine May Promote Serotype 19A Infection (CME/CE)
Infants receiving a three-dose regimen of heptavalent PCV-7 pneumococcal vaccine were more likely than unvaccinated controls to pick up a nonvaccine pneumococcal strain associated with invasive infection and antibiotic resistance, researchers said.
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Follow-up of infants participating in a randomized trial of PCV-7 showed a relative risk of 1.75 (95% CI 1.14 to 2.70) for nasal carriage of ser...
Splint Matches Cast for Kids" Wrist Fractures (CME/CE)
In children with wrist fractures, a splint works as well as a cast, researchers reported. In a randomized controlled trial, prefabricated splints were noninferior to casts in terms of a return to normal levels of physical activity, according to Kathy Boutis, MD, of the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, and colleagues. There were also no differences in terms of complications and ma...
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