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Influence of COVID-19-Related Restrictions on the Prevalence of Overweight and Obese Czech Children
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SYSNO ASEP 0562359 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Influence of COVID-19-Related Restrictions on the Prevalence of Overweight and Obese Czech Children Author(s) Vážná, A. (CZ)
Vignerová, J. (CZ)
Brabec, Marek (UIVT-O) RID, SAI, ORCID
Novák, J. (CZ)
Procházka, B. (CZ)
Gabera, A. (CZ)
Sedlák, P. (CZ)Article number 11902 Source Title International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. - : MDPI - ISSN 1661-7827
Roč. 19, č. 19 (2022)Number of pages 14 s. Language eng - English Country CH - Switzerland Keywords COVID-19 ; children ; obesity ; severe obesity ; COVID-19-related-restrictions effect ; GAM ; semiparametric statistical modeling OECD category Statistics and probability Method of publishing Open access Institutional support UIVT-O - RVO:67985807 UT WOS 000866793700001 EID SCOPUS 85139965449 DOI 10.3390/ijerph191911902 Annotation Apart from influencing the health of the worldwide population, the COVID-19 pandemic changed the day-to-day life of all, including children. A sedentary lifestyle along with the transformation of eating and sleep habits took place in the child population. These changes created a highly obesogenic environment. Our aim was to evaluate the current weight in the child population and identify the real effects of the pandemic. Height and weight data were collected by pediatricians from the pre-COVID-19 and post-COVID-19 periods from 3517 children (1759 boys and 1758 girls) aged 4.71 to 17.33 years. We found a significant rise in the z-score BMI between pediatric visits in the years 2019 and 2021 in both sexes aged 7, 9, 11, and 13 years. Especially alarming were the percentages of (severely) obese boys at the ages of 9 and 11 years, which exceed even the percentages of overweight boys. With the use of statistical modeling, we registered the most dramatic increment at around 12 years of age in both sexes. Based on our research in the Czech Republic, we can confirm the predictions that were given at the beginning of the pandemic that COVID-19-related restrictions worsened the already present problem of obesity and excess weight in children. Workplace Institute of Computer Science Contact Tereza Šírová, sirova@cs.cas.cz, Tel.: 266 053 800 Year of Publishing 2023 Electronic address https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191911902
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