Obesity and weight change during the COVID‐19 pandemic in children and adults: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

LN Anderson, Y Yoshida‐Montezuma… - Obesity …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Many obesity risk factors have increased during the COVID‐19 pandemic, including physical
inactivity, poor diet, stress, and poverty. The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate …

Food insecurity and childhood obesity: a systematic review

C St. Pierre, M Ver Ploeg, WH Dietz, S Pryor… - …, 2022 - publications.aap.org
Video Abstract BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Addressing food insecurity while
promoting healthy body weights among children is a major public health challenge. Our …

Age-and weight group-specific weight gain patterns in children and adolescents during the 15 years before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

M Vogel, M Geserick, R Gausche, C Beger… - International journal of …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Background/Objectives There is a concern that measures aiming to limit a further
spread of COVID-19, eg, school closures and social distancing, cause an aggravation of the …

Accelerometer-measured physical activity and sedentary time among children and their parents in the UK before and after COVID-19 lockdowns: a natural experiment

R Salway, C Foster, F de Vocht, B Tibbitts… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Background Restrictions due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic
reduced physical activity provision for both children and their parents. Recent studies have …

Changes in children's physical fitness, BMI and health-related quality of life after the first 2020 COVID-19 lockdown in England: A longitudinal study

L Basterfield, NL Burn, B Galna, H Batten… - Journal of Sports …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
We aimed to assess one-year changes in physical fitness, health-related quality of life
(HRQoL) and body mass index (BMI), encompassing the 2020 COVID-19 UK lockdowns …

The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic is associated with a substantial rise in frequency and severity of presentation of youth-onset type 2 diabetes

SN Magge, RM Wolf, L Pyle, EA Brown… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives To evaluate the frequency and severity of new cases of youth-onset type 2
diabetes in the US during the first year of the pandemic compared with the mean of the …

Changes in BMI during the COVID-19 pandemic

EA Knapp, Y Dong, AL Dunlop, JL Aschner… - …, 2022 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Experts hypothesized increased weight gain in children
associated with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Our objective was to …

Childhood obesity and cardiovascular disease risk

ST Chung, A Krenek, SN Magge - Current atherosclerosis reports, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The global epidemic of youth-onset obesity is tightly linked to
the rising burden of cardiometabolic disease across the lifespan. While the link between …

Changes in body mass index in children and adolescents in Israel during the COVID-19 pandemic

S Shalitin, M Phillip… - International Journal of …, 2022 - nature.com
Background The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has health, social,
and economic implications. Our primary objective was to evaluate changes in body mass …

Increased incidence of overweight and obesity among preschool Swedish children during the COVID-19 pandemic

A Fäldt, S Nejat, S Edvinsson Sollander… - European Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has had wide effects on child health globally.
Increased prevalence of childhood obesity has been observed by a number of countries …