The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Childhood Obesity and Lifestyle-A Report from Italy.

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

SUBMITTER: Palermi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9589932 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature