Childhood obesity on the rise during COVID-19: A request for global leaders to change the trajectory
Obesity (Silver Spring)
.
2022 Feb;30(2):288-291.
doi: 10.1002/oby.23307.
Epub 2021 Nov 28.
Authors
Marie Hauerslev
1
2
,
Tanya Narang
2
3
,
Nicola Gray
2
4
,
T Alafia Samuels
2
5
,
Zulfiqar A Bhutta
2
3
6
Affiliations
1
Department of Pediatrics, Vestre Viken Hospital Trust, Drammen, Norway.
2
NCD Child, Centre for Global Child Health, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
3
Centre for Global Child Health, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
4
University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, Kirklees, UK.
5
George Alleyne Chronic Disease Research Centre, The University of the West Indies Caribbean Institute for Health Research, Bridgetown, Jamaica.
6
Institute for Global Health & Development, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
PMID:
34570430
PMCID:
PMC8662111
DOI:
10.1002/oby.23307
No abstract available
MeSH terms
COVID-19*
Child
Humans
Pediatric Obesity* / epidemiology
Risk Factors
SARS-CoV-2