ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

To read the full abstract: Lancet 2017; 390(10113):2627-2642Over the past 10 years, the prevalence of Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) has increased disproportionately in Africa, South East Asia, the Middle East and the Asia Pacific region. Interestingly, although we need more studies investigating the prevalence of T2DM in Latin America, the prevalence of T2DM in youth living in these countries do...

To read the full abstract: Lancet Glob Health 2017; 5(12):e1249-e1257This paper adds to the understanding of the factors underlying stunting in low-and middle-income countries (LMIC), a phenomenon that is adaptive to undernutrition, and associates with overall poorer health status and unfavorable social determinants of health. Previously thought to be secondary to predominantly individual...

To read the full abstract: Sci Rep 2018; 8(1):369The effect of improving socio-economic conditions on growth has been well described in Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries. For instance, in Norway, height increased by 0.3 cm every 10 years between 1830-1875 and then by 0.6 cm every 10 years between 1875-1930. However, the respective roles of nutrition and physical act...

To read the full abstract: Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2018; 115(17) E3914-E3921Pediatric endocrinologists have long known that chronic disease, such as severe asthma or inflammatory bowel disease, leads to slower growth and short stature. But it is not always clear whether this is due to the disease (decreased oxygen to the tissues, decreased absorption of calories, infections), to the treatment (c...

To read the full abstract: J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 2017; 30(7): 725-729This cross-sectional case-control study reports that 8 to 18-year-old girls with perinatal HIV infection are less likely to have attained thelarche, menarche and pubarche than healthy peers matched for age and socio-economic status. Girls with perinatal HIV infection were on average over 1.5 years older than healthy girls ...