Objective The COVID‐19 pandemic has led to significant public health measures that have
resulted in decreased acute pediatric care utilization. We evaluated whether the rate of …

The melanocortin-4-receptor gene (MC4R) is a key regulator of energy homeostasis, food
intake and body weight. MC4R gene mutations are associated with early-onset severe obesity…

Background The gut microbiome is increasingly recognized as a contributor to disease
states. Patients with type 1 diabetes (DM1) have distinct gut microbiota in comparison to non-…

Background: Puberty suppression is a standard of care for gender-affirming therapy in
gender-diverse youth. Leuprolide acetate is a gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa) …

… Competing interests: Manpreet Doulla has received travel funding from Novo Nordisk,
unrelated to this work. Mary Jetha is the local principal investigator for a clinical trial of teplizumab, …

DISCUSSION The patient was transferred to a tertiary Children’s Hospital for treatment and
workup of his non-PTH driven hypercalcemia. A renal ultrasound demonstrated medullary …

Objective The balanced school day (BSD) is an alternative elementary school schedule
whereby children have 2 20-minute eating periods instead of 1 20-minute lunch, as is found in …

Objective To compare hemoglobin A1C in children with type 1 diabetes in the traditional
school schedule (TS) vs. the balanced school day (BSD). Secondary outcomes were to explore …

Background Published studies investigating the accuracy of PREE equations (PREEeq) in
obese children and adolescents have reported inconsistent findings between studies, likely …

Background University students experience a unique life transition that often results in the
development of poor dietary behaviours and weight gain. Adequate food skills may improve …