BMC Pediatrics

SEP 30, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Association and diagnostic value of serum cardiometabolic biomarkers for metabolic-associated steatotic liver disease in children with obesity

BMC Pediatrics

Efficient non-invasive biomarkers for identifying children with obesity who have metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) are still lacking. This study aime

SEP 5, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Long-term effects of a family-centered comprehensive lifestyle intervention on body composition and cardiometabolic indicators in school-aged obese children aged 6–12 years

BMC Pediatrics

A retrospective cohort study showing consistent improvements across multiple cardiometabolic endpoints in obese children after 12 months of family-centered intervention, but limited by non-randomized design and potential confounding despite adjusted analysis.

AUG 11, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Dietary adherence and overnutrition among Kuwaiti adolescents: a school-based assessment of anthropometry and dietary intake

BMC Pediatrics

Cross-sectional observational study without a comparator or intervention, describing prevalence and associations in a single population; descriptive and hypothesis-generating rather than confirmatory or practice-changing.

AUG 8, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Factors influencing health-related quality of life in children with leukemia in Saudi Arabia: a cross- sectional study

BMC Pediatrics

A single-centre cross-sectional study identifying modifiable and non-modifiable factors associated with HRQoL in paediatric leukaemia using validated instruments and multivariable regression, with moderate sample size and substantial explained variance, but lacking a comparator or control group.