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Parents' Perception of Food Insecurity and of Its Effects on Their Children in Italy Six Months after the COVID-19 Pandemic Outbreak.
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- Dietary Changes of Youth during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review.The Journal of nutrition · 2024Pooled it
- The COVID-19 pandemic and food insecurity in households with children: A systematic review.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- Variation of parental feeding practices during the COVID-2019 pandemic: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2022Pooled it
- Systematic review of the effects of pandemic confinements on body weight and their determinants.The British journal of nutrition · 2022Pooled it
- Impact and process evaluation of a primary-school Food Education and Sustainability Training (FEAST) program in 10-12-year-old children in Australia: pragmatic cluster non-randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2024Trial
- Prevalence and risk factors of food insecurity during pregnancy: a multicenter survey in French Guiana.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Central Precocious Puberty During the COVID-19 Pandemic Period: A Systematic Review of Literature.Cureus · 2024Review
- Inequities in dietary intake and eating behaviours among adolescents in Canada.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2024Article
- Dietary patterns associated with the incidence of hypertension among adult Japanese males: application of machine learning to a cohort study.European journal of nutrition · 2024Article
- Changes in breakfast and water consumption among adolescents in Canada: examining the impact of COVID-19 in worsening inequity.BMC nutrition · 2024Article
- Perspective: Food and Nutrition Insecurity in Europe: Challenges and Opportunities for Dietitians.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2023Article
- Precocious Puberty Diagnoses Spike, COVID-19 Pandemic, and Body Mass Index: Findings From a 4-year Study.Journal of the Endocrine Society · 2023Article
- How risk perception regarding the COVID-19 pandemic affected household food waste: Evidence from Brazil.Socio-economic planning sciences · 2023Article
- Clinical and psychopathological profiles of children with somatic symptom disorders in a pediatric emergency unit: an observational study before and during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.European journal of pediatrics · 2023Observational
- From the economic crisis to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain: The challenges for healthy eating in times of crisis.International journal of gastronomy and food science · 2023Article
- Eating Problems in Youths with Type 1 Diabetes During and After Lockdown in Italy: An 8-Month Follow-Up Study.Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings · 2023Article
- Cystathionine Beta-Synthase Deficiency: Three Consecutive Cases Detected in 40 Days by Newborn Screening in Emilia Romagna (Italy) and a Comprehensive Review of the Literature.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Increased incidence of overweight and obesity among preschool Swedish children during the COVID-19 pandemic.European journal of public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic and subsequent containment measures are causing an increase in food insecurity (FI) worldwide, with direct consequences on children's nutrition. We aimed to investigate the effects of the lockdown imposed in Italy on FI and changes in eating habits and body weight in the pediatric population 6 months after the beginning of the pandemic through a cross-sectional online survey proposed to parents of children <18 and living in Italy. Among 5811 respondents, most of whom were Italian, living in Northern Italy, and with a wealthy household economy, 8.3% reported that their families were at risk of FI before the appearance of SARS-CoV-2 and, alarmingly, this percentage increased to 16.2% after the pandemic began, with households from Southern Italy being more at risk. Moreover, 27.3% of the parents reported that their children were eating more; an increase in "junk food" consumption was also found; 31.8% of the respondents declared an increase in children's weight; weight loss prevailed among adolescents. Since the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is again requiring restrictions, our findings might serve as a warning to politicians to promote healthy lifestyles and provide assistance to the groups in need.
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