ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

To read the full abstract: Int Health 2018; 10; 66-70This article summarizes the concept of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) and emphasizes its potential relevance to the marked increase in non-communicable diseases, including Type 2 diabetes, observed in low-resource settings. This is an important topic as the DOHaD concept may be a strong contributing factor to the develop...

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Cell metabolism 2021;33(12):2316-28. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2021.09.004Brief Summary: This paper reviews the links between fructose consumption and health, and the mechanisms by which fructose may damage health.Comment: Fructose is a plant-derived monosaccharide. Its natural form is found in certain fruits and vegetables. High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is a liquid fruc...

To read the full abstract: Pediatr Nephrol. 2017;32:949-964This is a comprehensive review on growth and sexual maturation during puberty in children with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Despite attention to preserve growth potential during pre-puberty and the availability of recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH), the achievement of normal pubertal height gain remains a challenge in CKD. In pr...

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Brief summary: This review uses an evolutionary approach to provide an interesting discussion on a proposed period of development called ‘emerging adulthood’. The authors explain that it can be seen not only as a sociological transition period but also as a biological life-history phase.The central theme of this review is ‘emerging adulthood’, which is the concept that an additional 4-6-year pre-adult period should be included in mode...

To read the full abstract: PLoS Medicine vol. 16,12 e1002986. 2 Dec. 2019. doi: https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1002986This large scale population-based cohort study identifies a slightly higher risk for adult fracture in men who had later puberty. The pubertal period plays a key role...

Thyroid. 2022 Feb;32(2):196-205. doi: 10.1089/thy.2021.0304. Epub 2021 Dec 31. PMID: 34641706Brief Summary: This phase 1, double-blind, randomized, single-dose, placebo-controlled, crossover study compared pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, incidence of adverse events, and sleep pattern between the routinely used L-triiodothyronine (LT3) and a newly developed metal-coordinated form of LT3 (pol...

To read the full abstract: PLoS Med. 2019 Aug 20;16(8):e1002871. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002871.Women (n =16,395; 26% overweight or obese) from the ELFE French national birth cohort were categorised into 3 groups by self-reported weight change during the year before pregnancy: weight loss >5 kg; stable weight; and weight gain >5 kg.Among women with B...

To read the full abstract: J Endocrinol Invest. 2018;41:325-331Growth failure is common in children with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and has a multifactorial etiology. The hypothalamus-pituitary axis is intact, but there is a resistance to growth hormone (GH) action in target tissues, secondary to decreased density of GH receptors, impaired signal transduction and reduced levels of free insu...