Effects of COVID-19 lockdown on lifestyle behaviors in children with obesity: Longitudinal study update.
Angelo PietrobelliS Nicole FearnbachAlessandro FerruzziMassimiliano VrechMoonseong HeoMyles S FaithLuca PecoraroThomas ZollerFranco AntoniazziGiorgio PiacentiniSteven B HeymsfieldPublished in: Obesity science & practice (2021)
Unfavorable diet and lifestyle behavioral changes in response to the initial COVID-19 lockdown in children and adolescents with obesity have largely been sustained over the course of the pandemic. There is an urgent need to intervene on these behaviors to prevent further deleterious effects on long-term child health; access to weight management care is critically important for these children. In addition to intervening on these behaviors, our findings should help to inform ongoing lockdown policies.
Keyphrases
- weight loss
- coronavirus disease
- sars cov
- metabolic syndrome
- physical activity
- weight gain
- young adults
- insulin resistance
- healthcare
- type diabetes
- public health
- high fat diet induced
- palliative care
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- cardiovascular disease
- body mass index
- skeletal muscle
- quality improvement
- adipose tissue