Assessment of Cardio-Respiratory Function in Overweight and Obese Children Wearing Face Masks during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Riccardo LubranoSilvia BloiseMariateresa SansevieroAlessia MarcellinoClaudia Proietti CiolliEnrica De LucaAlessia TestaAnna DililloSaverio MallardoSara IsoldiVanessa MartucciEmanuela Del GiudiceRita LeoneDonatella IorfidaFlavia VentrigliaPublished in: Children (Basel, Switzerland) (2022)
Overweight or Obese children who wear a mask are more prone to developing respiratory distress, which causes them to remove it frequently. In a crowded environment, they are at greater risk of infection. For this reason, it is desirable that they attend environments where everyone uses a mask.