From Bench to Bedside
A growing body of literature suggests that stress, including chronic stress and acute physiologic stress reactivity, is one contributor to the development and maintenance of obesity in youth. Little has…
PEDIATRICS
National Institutes of Health Update: Translating Basic Behavioral Science into New Pediatric Obesity Interventions
Pediatric obesity increases the risk of later-life obesity and chronic diseases. Basic research to better understand factors associated with excessive weight gain in early life and studies translating research findings…
From Bench to Bedside: T1 Translation of Basic Behavioral Science into Novel Pediatric Obesity Interventions
Sylvie Naar, PhD, Editor As 40% of premature deaths can be attributed to preventable behavioral factors, the single greatest opportunity to improve health lies in changing personal behavior such as…
New Directions in Behavioral Intervention Development for Pediatric Obesity
PEDIATRIC CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA www.pediatric.theclinics.com Consulting Editor BONITA F. STANTON June 2016 • Volume 63 • Number 3
New Directions in Behavioral Intervention Development for Pediatric Obesity
Bonita F. Stanton, MD, Consulting Editor Since the appearance of Homo sapiens some 200,000 years ago, a primary challenge to mankind has been finding, acquiring, and consuming sufficient food sources…
New Therapeutic Approaches to Modulate and Correct Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator
Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) modulators are clinically available personalized medicines approved for some individuals with cystic fibrosis (CF) to target the underlying defect of disease. This review summarizes…
Psychosocial Challenges/Transition to Adulthood
Advances in the health care of individuals with cystic fibrosis have resulted in more than half of the population older than the age of 18 living longer, fuller lives. This…
Transplantation
Despite improvement in median life expectancy and overall health, some children with cystic fibrosis (CF) progress to end-stage lung or liver disease and become candidates for transplant. Transplants for children…
Endocrine Disorders in Cystic Fibrosis
Cystic fibrosis is frequently complicated by endocrine disorders. Diabetes can be expected to affect most with CF and pancreatic insufficiency and varies widely in age of onset, but early identification…
