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Exposure to phthalates while still in the womb is associated with lower body mass index (BMI) z-scores in children, suggesting impaired growth, reports a recent meta-analysis. Prenatal exposure, on the other hand, does not seem to affect body fat percentage.

Risk prediction models including factors such as maternal smoking status, body mass index, and parity, can help predict small-for-gestational age (SGA) during pregnancy, a recent Japan study has found.

While children with brain tumours already suffer from impaired neurocognitive functions, radiotherapy appears to worsen these impairments, a new study has found.

In the paediatric population, children with obesity are especially vulnerable to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, a study has found.

Spells, tremors, and irritability are common and early findings in infants with vitamin B12 deficiency, a recent Norway study has found. Prenatal exposure to nitrous oxide, typically given during labour, may be a risk factor.

Daily use of somatropin, a recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH), led to significantly improved growth outcomes, particularly height standard deviation scores (HT-SDSs), in prepubertal children with idiopathic short stature (ISS), according to a recent study.

When it comes to treating children with cerebral palsy, neurodevelopmental therapy (NDT) appears to produce smaller improvements in motor function compared with activity-based and body structure and function interventions, according to a study. Furthermore, NDT is no better than control, and higher-dose is not more effective than lower-dose NDT.