This longitudinal study presented sexual discrepancies in fat-bone relationship from a life course perspective. Childhood adiposity appears to have a positive long-term effect on adult aBMD, which may be reduced by adiposity in adult men but reinforced by adiposity in adult women.

The INTERSALT provided unbiased estimations of mean population sodium intake in adolescents aged 14 to 16 years.

Low-grade inflammation is a mechanistic link between obesity and cardiometabolic disorders. We utilized longitudinal data from the Bogalusa Heart Study to examine the associations of cumulative burden and trajectory measures of body weight from childhood with chronic inflammation in adulthood.

This retrospective study determined the proportion of primary versus secondary hypertension (HTN) in the pediatric inpatients was 1:2.2. Most children with primary HTN had obesity-related comorbidities. In patients with secondary HTN, renal diseases were the leading causes.

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) often leads to cognitive dysfunction, however, the underlying mechanisms of this damage remain unclear. In previous studies, a various of researches have been showed that cognitive dysfunction was associated with OSA-related characteristics and specific neuropathological changes, thus, these findings may provide specific insight into exploring the potential mechanisms.

Three widely used behavioral screeners (PSC-17, PHQ-9, SCARED) are applicable to integrated pediatric care settings. The PSC-17 taps a broad range of problems while the PHQ-9 and SCARED tap depression and anxiety respectively. All three propel early identification and intervention.

Early intervention of a disconnected pulmonary artery will give the best long-term outcome; successful surgical repair; regaining normal perfusion and complete function of the ipsilateral lung.