Unfavorable progression of obesity in children and adolescents due to COVID-19 pandemic: A school-based survey in China.
Obesity (Silver Spring)
; 29(11): 1907-1915, 2021 11.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1439707
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
The Chinese government decisively imposed nationwide confinement in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the progression of obesity in children and adolescents in Changshu, China.METHODS:
Based on the Health Promotion Program for Children and Adolescents (HPPCA), which is a prospective cross-sectional and school-based study, BMI assessed in seven consecutive years (2014 to 2020) among children and adolescents aged 6 to 17 years in Changshu city was extracted. The standardized BMI z scores (zBMI) and prevalence of obesity between 2020 (after COVID-19 home confinement) and the previous 6 years were compared among age-specific subgroups and between sexes.RESULTS:
The mean number of participants per year was 29,648. The overall mean zBMI drastically increased from 0.29 in 2019 to 0.45 in 2020, resulting in a rise of 0.16 (95% CI 0.14-0.18); the prevalence of obesity substantially elevated to 12.77% in 2020 (versus 10.38% in 2017), with an acceleration of 2.39% (95% CI 1.88%-2.90%). Of note, these increases were more likely to be observed in boys and those 6 to 11 years old.CONCLUSIONS:
The COVID-19 pandemic seemed to exacerbate the obesity epidemic among pediatric populations in Changshu, China.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pandemics
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Pediatric Obesity
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Obesity (Silver Spring)
Journal subject:
Nutritional Sciences
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Physiology
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Metabolism
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Oby.23276
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