Lucía Carton Erlandsson, Antonio Martín Duce, Raquel de Los Reyes Gragera Martínez, María Sanz Guijo, Alfonso Muriel García, Rubén Mirón González, Crispín Gigante Pérez
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Revista espanola de salud publica
childhood obesity associated various health outcomes restrictive measures contain spread coronavirus disease 2019 covid19 pandemic like lockdowns school closures affected childrens daily structure physical activity dietary habits sleep quality possibly exacerbating risk factors childhood obesity higher body mass index bmi children poor socioeconomic conditions may led relatively higher risk elevated bmi levels following pandemic measures study impact measures related covid19 pandemic bmi third graders investigated regarding childrens socioeconomic background seb data 41728 children 884 056 years 20431 female collected context cohort study children tested either pandemic precovid sept2017march2020 n 26314 following first postldi aug2020dec2020 n 6657 second lockdown germany postldii aug2021jan2022 n 8757 seb based official school type classification state berlin outcome bmi standard deviation scores sds significant effects time seb revealed elevated bmis postldi 023 p 0011 postldii 022 p 0011 compared precovid 017 cohorts higher bmis children lower seb b 013 p 0001 significant time seb interaction indicated effect seb childrens bmi increased response lockdowns especially postldii b 005 p 0006 results suggest covid19related measures lead increased bmi children children lower seb particular risk higher bmis following lockdowns findings highlight dependency childrens bmi societal circumstances course two lockdowns germany children experienced bmi increments particularly low socioeconomic areas authorities called action counteract increasing rates childhood weight promoting physical activity children establishing related postpandemic offers