๐ COVID-19 Related School Closings and Risk of Weight Gain Among Children.
The COVID-19 pandemic is causing substantial morbidity and mortality, straining health care systems, shutting down economies, and closing school districts. While it is a priority to mitigate its immediate impact, we want to call attention to the pandemic's longer-term effect on children's health: COVID-19, via these school closures, may exacerbate the epidemic of childhood obesity and increase disparities in obesity risk. In many areas of the U. S., the COVID-19 pandemic has closed schools and some of these school systems are not expected to re-open this school year. The experiences in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore suggest that social distancing orders, if lifted after short periods, will have to be periodically re-instated to control COVID-19 flare ups. In short, we anticipate that the COVID-19 pandemic will likely double out-of-school time this year for many children in the U. S. and will exacerbate the risk factors for weight gain associated with summer recess.
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๐ Obesity (5)
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๐ social distancing (40)
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๐ค Rundle, Andrew G
๐ค Park, Yoosun
๐ค Herbstman, Julie B
๐ค Kinsey, Eliza W
๐ค Wang, Y Claire
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โฐ 2020
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๐ Obesity (Silver Spring)
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