Influence of COVID-19-related restrictions on the prevalence of overweight and obese Czech children

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F75010330%3A_____%2F22%3A00014082" target="_blank" >RIV/75010330:_____/22:00014082 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11310/22:10449503
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/19/11902" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/19/11902</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191911902" target="_blank" >10.3390/ijerph191911902</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Influence of COVID-19-related restrictions on the prevalence of overweight and obese Czech children
Original language description
Apart from influencing the health of the worldwide population, the COVID-19 pandemic changed the day-to-day life of all, including children. A sedentary lifestyle along with the transformation of eating and sleep habits took place in the child population. These changes created a highly obesogenic environment. Our aim was to evaluate the current weight in the child population and identify the real effects of the pandemic. Height and weight data were collected by pediatricians from the pre-COVID-19 and post-COVID-19 periods from 3517 children (1759 boys and 1758 girls) aged 4.71 to 17.33 years. We found a significant rise in the z-score BMI between pediatric visits in the years 2019 and 2021 in both sexes aged 7, 9, 11, and 13 years. Especially alarming were the percentages of (severely) obese boys at the ages of 9 and 11 years, which exceed even the percentages of overweight boys. With the use of statistical modeling, we registered the most dramatic increment at around 12 years of age in both sexes. Based on our research in the Czech Republic, we can confirm the predictions that were given at the beginning of the pandemic that COVID-19-related restrictions worsened the already present problem of obesity and excess weight in children.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30304 - Public and environmental health

Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
ISSN
1660-4601
e-ISSN
1660-4601
Volume of the periodical
19
Issue of the periodical within the volume
19
Country of publishing house
CH - SWITZERLAND
Number of pages
14
Pages from-to
11902
UT code for WoS article
000866793700001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85139965449

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