April 18, 2020 : Issue #1038

TOP STORIES - Diabetes News & Research

The Use of Exenatide in Adolescents Suffering from Childhood Obesity

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Letter from the Editor

As the Coronavirus continues to change the way we live and puts a strain on many Americans, new research published in the journal Obesity discusses the harm that having our schools closed can have in increasing obesity in children. When you read this week’s Did You Know?, you will learn how and why this occurs.

However, our intern Chardae Whitner, 2020 PharmD. Candidate LECOM College of Pharmacy, may have a solution in her article this week where she discusses the use of a weekly diabetes medicine to solve the problem of adolescent obesity.

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Dave Joffe

Editor-in-chief

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Did You Know? School Closures Will Increase the Risk for Obesity and Diabetes

Experts warn that one side effect of closing the schools due to the coronavirus pandemic is a worsening of the child obesity crisis, which will increase the risk of diabetes. Previous research has shown that kids tend to gain weight when they're out of school during the summer -- mainly Hispanic and black youngsters and children who are already overweight. Andrew Rundle, who studies ways to prevent childhood obesity and is an associate professor of epidemiology at Columbia University, added that "There could be long-term consequences for weight gained while children are out of school during the COVID-19 pandemic.... Research shows that weight gained over the summer months is maintained during the school year and accrues summer to summer.... When a child experiences obesity, even at a young age, they are at risk for higher, unhealthy weight, all the way into middle age." Rundle and his colleagues predicted that COVID-19-related school closures would double out-of-school time this year for many children in the United States. And that, in turn, will aggravate risk factors for unwanted weight gain, they warned. Social distancing and stay-at-home orders limit opportunities to exercise, particularly for city kids living in small apartments. As a result, inactivity, screen time, and snacks are likely to increase, Rundle and colleagues wrote in their study published recently in the journal Obesity . They also noted that families stocking up on long-lasting food sources tend to focus on ultra-processed, calorie-dense comfort foods. Studies have also shown that obesity experienced as young as age five is associated with significantly higher BMI through to age 50 and higher fat mass at age 50. Obesity, April 2020 ( pdf)

Diabetes in Control gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the following pharmacy doctoral candidates in the preparation of this week’s newsletters:

Deonna Andrews, PharmD Candidate 2020 of Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Mia Flowers, PharmD. Candidate of Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University School of Pharmacy

Mit Suthar, PharmD. Candidate, LECOM School of Pharmacy

Chardae Whitner PharmD Candidate L|E|C|O|M Bradenton School of Pharmacy

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April 18, 2020 : Issue #1038

TOP STORIES - Diabetes News & Research

TOP STORIES - Diabetes News and Research

Did You Know? School Closures Will Increase the Risk for Obesity and Diabetes

Diabetes in Control gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the following pharmacy doctoral candidates in the preparation of this week’s newsletters: