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A study presented at ESPGHAN 2025 reports that schoolchildren who consume energy drinks have unhealthier lifestyles and a different cardiovascular risk profile than their counterparts who do not or rarely consume energy drinks.

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), such as abuse, neglect, and household dysfunction, appear to contribute to the development of obesity during adulthood, suggests an Iraq study presented at ESPGHAN 2025.

In paediatric patients with obesity and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), treatment with GLP-1 receptor agonists (RAs) results in a decrease in depression and substance use, as shown in a study presented at ESPGHAN 2025.

Pregnant women with high adherence to the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet have a much lower chance of having large-for-gestational-age (LGA) newborns, reports a Brazil study.

A retrospective cohort study presented at AAN 2025 has demonstrated that prophylactic zonisamide can significantly reduce headache days per month (HDPM) in paediatric patients with migraine.

Fatigue is more frequently reported in paediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) compared with controls and is associated with anaemia in a nationwide study.