Pediatric BMI changes during COVID-19 pandemic: An electronic health record-based retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Beginning March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted different aspects of life. The impact on children's rate of weight gain has not been analysed.

Methods

In this retrospective cohort study, we used United States (US) Electronic Health Record (EHR) data from Optum® to calculate the age- and sex- adjusted change in BMI (∆BMI_adj) in individual 6-to-17-year-old children between two well child checks (WCCs). The mean of individual ∆BMI_adj during 2017-2020 was calculated by month. For September-December WCCs, the mean of individual ∆BMI_adj (overall and by subgroup) was reported for 2020 and 2017-2019, and the impact of 2020 vs 2017-2019 was tested by multivariable linear regression.

Findings

The mean [95% Confidence Interva

SUBMITTER: Brooks CG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8318998 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature