ArticleFrontiers in public health2023
Is the COVID-19 epidemic affecting the body mass of Chinese teenagers? - A longitudinal follow-up study.
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- Do Changes in BMI during the COVID-19 Pandemic Persist in the Post-Pandemic Period in a Pediatric Population Attending Health Care Clinics? A Longitudinal Study.Hormone research in paediatrics · 2026Article
- Influencing factors and changing trends of depressive symptoms among middle and junior high school students in Eastern China from 2019 to 2023: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Prevalence and factors influencing overweight/obesity and poor vision in children and adolescents before and after the COVID-19 pandemic in a city in Sichuan Province.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- A longitudinal study of four-year changes in physical fitness among university students before and after COVID-19: 2019-2022.PloS one · 2025Article
- The influence of COVID-19 pandemic on body mass and cardiopulmonary endurance of Chinese adolescents: a longitudinal follow-up study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Effects of different parenting styles on the physical health of Chinese university students.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
Background: After the spread and outbreak of COVID-19 worldwide, the learning, lifestyle, and health level of young individuals have been immensely impacted. With regard to the existing studies, the development trend of adolescents' body shape in the late COVID-19 period is not sufficiently analyzed, and relevant targeted investigation is lacking. This study aimed to explore the body mass index (BMI) changes of 6-14 years-old adolescents before and after the COVID-19 epidemic, and to provide a reference for promoting the continuous enhancement of adolescent health. Methods: The BMI and related data pertaining to 93,046 individuals from 2019 to 2022 were collected by cluster sampling, and changes in the BMI Results: The one-way ANOVA models indicated that the BMI Conclusion: This study demonstrated that the COVID-19 epidemic impacts the BMI and obesity detection rate of adolescents. Adolescents from different age groups and genders exhibited similar development trends.
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