In a systematic review of the literature regarding height screening programs, there is incomplete data on their usefulness, but may cost approximately £30,000 per QALY.   Here.

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A systematic review of the evidence for Vitamin D supplementation in infancy and the subsequent development of type 1 diabetes suggests that supplementation may have a protective effect which may be dose related. Here.

In an audit of 576 children who had had DEXA scanning, although those who had fractures had marginally lower values, the predictive ability was poor.  Here.

In a series of 96 Dutch children with Prader-Willi, 37.5% had scoliosis, which can be related to age and body composition.  Here. 

Perspective: Petrou and McIntosh look at the methods of improving concordance with growth hormone therapy. Here.

In a study using a technique called conjoint analysis, which looks at consumer choices, a series of families were able to make choices about the device required to deliver growth hormone.  Here.

Of 117 survivors of severe traumatic brain injury admitted to an Australian PICU, 54 underwent screening or testing for pituitary dysfunction.  Of these, 9 had pituitary dysfunction, 4 with multiple hormonal deficiencies.   Here.

In a series of 24 boys with Klinefelter syndrome who were measured with DEXA had unfavourable muscle to fat ratio, which may be a precursor of the later life poor metabolic profile.  Here.

DXA analysis of body fat in 1251 children suggests that gender and ethnicity have an impact which is not reflected by BMI analysis. Here.

After reviewing the literature this group present a set of criteria, with flow diagram, for referral of children for further assessment of their growth which detects 87.5% of children with Turner’s syndrome, and 76.5% of children with other disorders, with a false positive rate of 2%. Here.