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Obesity in Children and Adolescents during COVID-19 Pandemic.

Androniki StavridouEvangelia KapsaliEleni PanagouliAthanasios ThiriosKonstantinos PolychronisFlora BacopoulouTheodora PsaltopoulouMaria TsoliaTheodoros N SergentanisArtemis Tsitsika
Published in: Children (Basel, Switzerland) (2021)
COVID-19 restrictions disrupted the everyday routine of children, adolescents and young adults and elicited changes in their eating behaviors and physical activity. To protect them, health care providers should highlight the risk of obesity and provide prevention strategies, ensuring also parental participation. Worldwide policies, guidelines and precautionary measures should ideally be established.
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