ArticlePediatrics2022
Changes in BMI During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Article in Pediatrics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03061890 (Developmental Impact of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit), which is not on this map. Cited by 32 papers.
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Developmental Impact of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Exposures: Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO)
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 64 citations in OpenAlex.
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- How the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcome (ECHO) cohort can spur discoveries in environmental epidemiology.American journal of epidemiology · 2024Article
- Home environment factors associated with child BMI changes during COVID-19 pandemic.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2024Article
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- Change in Body Mass Index in Youth in the First 5 Years After Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Diagnosis.Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists · 2024Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesExperts hypothesized increased weight gain in children associated with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Our objective was to evaluate whether the rate of change of child body mass index (BMI) increased during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with prepandemic years.
methodsThe study population of 1996 children ages 2 to 19 years with at least 1 BMI measure before and during the COVID-19 pandemic was drawn from 38 pediatric cohorts across the United States participating in the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes-wide cohort study. We modeled change in BMI using linear mixed models, adjusting for age, sex, race, ethnicity, maternal education, income, baseline BMI category, and type of BMI measure. Data collection and analysis were approved by the local institutional review board of each institution or by the central Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes institutional review board.
resultsBMI increased during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with previous years (0.24 higher annual gain in BMI during the pandemic compared with previous years, 95% confidence interval 0.02 to 0.45). Children with BMI in the obese range compared with the healthy weight range were at higher risk for excess BMI gain during the pandemic, whereas children in higher-income households were at decreased risk of BMI gain.
conclusionsOne effect of the COVID-19 pandemic is an increase in annual BMI gain during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with the 3 previous years among children in our national cohort. This increased risk among US children may worsen a critical threat to public health and health equity.
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