When discussing childhood obesity, we often think first about weight, body image, or future diabetes risk. Yet one of its most important and underestimated comorbidities is metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, now termed MASLD. This condition reflects fatty liver in the setting of metabolic abnormalities and has become a clinical expression of the systemic damage […]
One of the most harmful misconceptions in pediatric obesity is therapeutic resignation: “they will lose weight when they grow up” or “it is better to wait.” The study published in JAMA Pediatrics in 2025 responds to this belief with strong evidence. Researchers evaluated 6,713 children and adolescents with obesity enrolled in the Swedish BORIS registry […]
A Clinical Update That Public Health Cannot Ignore When discussing childhood nutrition, public debate often focuses on obesity while overlooking another critical part of the problem: pediatric eating disorders. The review published in Nutrients in May 2025 reminds us that anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, and ARFID represent complex diagnostic and therapeutic challenges due […]
