The interactive roles between coping tendency and focus on COVID-19 information time in Adolescent Obesity.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

This study examined the relationship between adolescents' coping tendency, the focus on COVID-19 information time, and adolescent obesity during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

A prevalence survey of 13,374 students from 13 secondary schools in Tianjin was conducted between April and June 2022 using convenience cluster sampling. Basic information on the adolescents' heights, weights, and psychological health conditions was collected using a general information questionnaire and a coping style questionnaire.

Results

Obese adolescents scored significantly lower on positive coping styles. In addition, adolescents who spent more than three hours on COVID-19 information had a significantly higher rate of obesity than the other groups. The findings of the regression anal

SUBMITTER: Wu N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12801824 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature