Effects of COVID-19 Lockdown on Lifestyle Behaviors in Children with Obesity Living in Verona, Italy: A Longitudinal Study.

Angelo PietrobelliLuca PecoraroAlessandro FerruzziMoonseong HeoMyles S FaithThomas ZollerFranco AntoniazziGiorgio PiacentiniS Nicole Fearnbach Steven B Heymsfield

Published in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2020)

Recognizing these adverse collateral effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic lockdown is critical in avoiding depreciation of weight control efforts among youths afflicted with excess adiposity. Depending on duration, these untoward lockdown effects may have a lasting impact on a child's or adolescent's adult adiposity level.

Keyphrases

coronavirus disease
weight gain
insulin resistance
weight loss
young adults
metabolic syndrome
mental health
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physical activity
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
body mass index
high fat diet induced
type diabetes
adipose tissue
childhood cancer
skeletal muscle
quality improvement
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