ReviewChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2021
The Impact of Nutritional and Lifestyle Changes on Body Weight, Body Composition and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Children and Adolescents during the Pandemic of COVID-19: A Systematic Review.
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- Dietary Changes of Youth during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review.The Journal of nutrition · 2024Pooled it
- The impact of narratives and active video games among black and hispanic children with overweight and obesity: a randomized controlled trial.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Trial
- Intervention effects and long-term changes in physical activity and cardiometabolic outcomes among children at risk of noncommunicable diseases in South Africa: a cluster-randomized controlled trial and follow-up analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2023Trial
- A longitudinal study on differential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and normalized prevention and control on overweight and obese adolescents in China.BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
- Clinical characteristics of childhood essential hypertension before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic: a single-center retrospective study.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Article
- Assessment of Bone Mineral Density, Total Body Composition and Joint Integrity in Long COVID: A 12-Month Longitudinal Feasibility Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on sarcopenic obesity among children between 6 and 10 years of age: a prospective study.European journal of pediatrics · 2025Article
- Children's Nutrition, Eating Behavior, and Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Current psychiatry reports · 2024Review
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- Analysis of anthropometric outcomes in Indian children during the COVID-19 pandemic using National Family Health Survey data.Communications medicine · 2024Article
- Comparison of BMI and HbA1c changes before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in type 1 diabetes: a longitudinal population-based study.Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2024Article
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- Maternal-child consumption of ultra-processed foods and sugar-sweetened beverages in informal settlements in Mumbai, India.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2023Article
- Comparison of a Telehealth-Based Intensive Treatment Program with a Rewarding App vs. On-Site Care for Youth with Obesity: A Historical Cohort Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Changes in lifestyle, adiposity, and cardiometabolic markers among young adults in Sweden during the COVID-19 pandemic.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Mandatory after-school use of step tracker apps improves physical activity, body composition and fitness of adolescents.Education and information technologies · 2023Article
- Change in Prevalence of Hypertension among Korean Children and Adolescents during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak: A Population-Based Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- "The obesity pandemic" in the COVID-19 pandemic - new treatment for an old problem.Pediatric endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism · 2023Review
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Abstract
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the measures taken by most countries to curb virus transmission, such as social distancing, distance learning, population, home confinement and disruption of all organized activities, has affected children and adolescents worldwide. The aim of this review was to assess the role of diet and lifestyle changes due to COVID-19 measures on body weight/composition and cardiometabolic risk factors in children and adolescents. An electronic search was conducted in PUBMED, COCHRANE, Google Scholar and SCOPUS databases up to 31 October 2021. 15 eligible studies were identified. According to the studies included in the analysis, COVID-19 measures seem to have had a negative impact on the diets and lifestyles of children and adolescents, with a consequent increase in body weight and central fat accumulation. On the other hand, the parental presence and control resulted in better glycaemic control in children with diabetes mellitus (DM) Type 1, but the effect of the pandemic in the glycaemic control of children with DM2 2 is controversial. Finally, diet and lifestyle changes had a differential impact on children's hypertension prevalence. These findings point to the need for public policy measures to prevent obesity and its complications, to and improve diet and lifestyle during the continuing and yet unresolved COVID-19 epidemic.
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