Tag: Kids: Misc.
Sweetened Drinks Represent Majority of Children’s Drink Sales
Unsweetened 100 percent juice drinks represent just 38 percent of children's drink sales
Rates of Head, Neck Melanoma Up in North American Youth
Risk for head, neck melanoma higher for male sex, older age, non-Hispanic white ethnicity
Barriers to Timely Access to Pediatric Hearing Aids Identified
Severity of hearing loss lessens time from testing to ordering of hearing aids
Nearly 5 Million Youth Are Obese in the United States
Obesity rate has held steady in recent years
Global Prevalence of Pediatric Hypertension About 4 Percent
Meta-analysis of 47 articles used to estimate pooled prevalence in the general pediatric population
Pediatric Firearm Injury Prevention Research Underfunded
30-fold increase in firearm injury research needed for funding to correspond with mortality burden
Data Suggest Viral Etiology for Pediatric Acute Flaccid Myelitis
Seventy-nine percent of confirmed cases of AFM had antecedent respiratory or febrile illness
Factors Predict Low BMD in Pediatric Blood Cancer Survivors
Low bone mineral density detected during guideline-recommended dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry
Youngest in Classroom at Higher Risk for Diagnosis of Depression
Children at young relative age within the school year also at higher risk for ADHD, intellectual disability
Asthma-Related ED Use Up for Children With Anxiety, Depression
Children with asthma and anxiety, depression, or both have increased rates of asthma-linked ED use
