ArticlePediatric reports2022
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Childhood Obesity and Lifestyle-A Report from Italy.
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- Determinants of Longitudinal Changes in Exercise Blood Pressure in a Population of Young Athletes: The Role of BMI.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2025Article
- Reduced Physical Activity and Increased Weight Status in Children and Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- COVID-19 lockdowns weigh heavily on youth: an analysis of the impact on BMI for Age Z scores in children and adolescents.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2024Article
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- Editorial: Cardiovascular disease prevention in the workplace.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Article
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- Prediabetes in children and adolescents: An updated review.World journal of clinical pediatrics · 2023Review
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- Differences in Physical Activity Levels between Healthy and Transplanted Children: Who Needs More Tips?Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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- Laboratory Findings in Children with Excess Body Weight in Romania.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- The eSports Medicine: Pre-Participation Screening and Injuries Management-An Update.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
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- Sport activities for children and adolescents: the Position of the European Academy of Paediatrics and the European Confederation of Primary Care Paediatricians 2023-Part 1. Pre-participation physical evaluation in young athletes.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Review
- Early and precocious puberty during the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Review
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Abstract
During the COVID-19 lockdown, especially in the first wave of pandemic (March 2020), sedentary lifestyle and calorie intake increase in children became considerably more prevalent. The aim of the present paper was to evaluate changes in children's weights and nutritional habits during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. In this cross-sectional observational study, for 3 years, as part of the corporate wellness program (2019-2021) in Emilia Romagna region of Italy, anthropometric data of Ferrari car company employers' children were collected, analyzed, and compared. Moreover, at the visit of November 2020, performed after the first wave of the pandemic with the most rigorous lockdown rules in Italy, a questionnaire on nutritional and lifestyle habits was administered. We evaluated 307 children (163 M, 10.1 ± 2.3 mean aged in 2019). A significant increase in BMI percentile in 2020 (65.2) compared to 2019 (49.2) was observed; it was confirmed, albeit slightly decreased, in 2021 (64.5). About one-third of participants reported an increase in consumption of fatty condiments and more than half report an increase in consumption of junk food. Levels of physical activity were still high during the COVID-19 lockdown, while sleeping time was significantly reduced. Our findings alert us to the importance of carefully monitoring eating behaviors in young to avoid the adoption of unhealthy food habits and prevent childhood obesity, especially during the period of COVID-19 lockdown.
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