Increased Weight Gain of Children during the COVID-19 Lockdown

• Published in: The Israel Medical Association journal Vol. 23; no. 4; pp. 219 - 222
• Main Authors: Vinker-Shuster, Michal, Grossman, Ephraim S, Yeshayahu, Yonatan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Israel 01.04.2021
• Subjects: Adolescent; Child; Child, Preschool; Cohort Studies; COVID-19; Female; Humans; Infant; Male; Prospective Studies; Quarantine; Retrospective Studies; Weight Gain

The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) social-distancing strategy, including 7 weeks of strict lockdown, enabled an extraordinary test of stay-at-home regulations, which forced a sedentary lifestyle on all children and adolescents. To assess the lockdown effect on pediatric weight. A retrospective-...