Parents are turning to herbs and dietary supplements to treat problems their children have falling and staying asleep. Do these products work? Are they risky?
Father’s teen diet linked to children’s healthy eating habits
Research presented at NUTRITION 2025 shows that fathers with improved adolescent diets are more likely to model and monitor healthy eating for their children.
Addressing atypical anorexia: Part 3
The final episode in our podcast series on atypical anorexia discusses fat bias in health care and its impact on diagnosis and when pushback against diagnosis happens.
Weekly review: Multiple FDA action items, USPSTF recommendation, and more
Get caught up with Contemporary Pediatrics! This list helps you navigate our top stories from the week, all in one place.
Addressing atypical anorexia: Part 2
Dr. Erin Harrop discusses the necessity of understanding that eating disorders do not all look the same in every patient and how a multidisciplinary approach could be an effective way to diagnose and manage anorexia nervosa that is atypical.
FDA announces measures to phase out petroleum-based food dyes
One step will be a partnership with the National Institutes of Health to research how food additives impact children's health.
Confirming celiac disease is getting easier
"We are getting away from biopsies to diagnose CD, which makes diagnosis even easier, said Jon Matthew Farber, MD.