Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia have a shorter median height and higher body weight at age 20 years ...

Recent research identified spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)–specific growth percentiles, aiming to improve clinical management of the nutritional aspects of the disease. Due to the nature of SMA, the ...

Growth charts for children with rare genetic disorders - giving healthcare professionals and families clearer guidance on how a child is developing - have been created by an international team, led by ...

Children following vegetarian diets have similar growth and biochemical measures of nutrition compared to children consuming non-vegetarian diets, but are more likely to be underweight, according to a ...

U.S. health officials have revised a tool to track the rising cases of severe obesity among children who were previously off the charts. Updated growth charts released Thursday by the Centers for ...

The height of a child’s biological parents can be a good indicator of how tall a child will be, as genetics play a prominent role in determining height. Sex and gender exist on spectrums. This article ...

Plant-based diets did not significantly impact children’s growth for their first 2 years of life, compared with omnivorous diets, according to an Israeli study published in JAMA Network Open. “Before ...

The primary sign of growth hormone deficiency in children is short stature. Adults may have decreased muscle mass and increased body fat, as well as other problems such as heart disease and depression ...

Exposure to antibiotics within the first week of life was associated with reduced weight-for-height through 5 years of age, with the combination of Augmentin and gentamicin having the most pronounced ...