Experiences with recruitment and retention of adolescents and emerging adults in a weight loss intervention trial.

Background/aims: Efficient and effective participant recruitment is key for successful clinical research. Adolescent and emerging adult recruitment into clinical trials can be particularly challenging, especially when targeting underrepresented groups. This study aimed to determine the most successful recruitment strategies from those employed during a pediatric trial testing the efficacy of a behavioral intervention on adiposity and cardiovascular disease risk.

Dietary sodium intake and sodium load is associated with arterial stiffness in children and young adults.

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the association of sodium intake (g/day) and sodium load (Na-L; mg/kcal/day) on arterial stiffness in youth.

Methods: A cross-sectional analysis of 723 youth enrolled in a study evaluating the cardiovascular effects of obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Three measures of arterial stiffness were evaluated: brachial distensibility (BrachD), carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (PWVcf) and augmentation index (AIx).