COVID-19 and Nutrition: The Need for Initiatives to Promote Healthy Eating and Prevent Obesity in Childhood

Child Obes. 2020 Jun;16(4):235-237. doi: 10.1089/chi.2020.0121. Epub 2020 May 19.

Authors

Karla Danielly da S Ribeiro^{1

2}, Lígia Rejane Siqueira Garcia³, Juliana Fernandes Dos Santos Dametto¹, Débora Gabriela Fernandes Assunção⁴, Bruna Leal Lima Maciel^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nutrition, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil.
² Postgraduate Program in Nutrition, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil.
³ Faculty of Health Sciences of Trairi (FACISA), Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Santa Cruz, Brazil.
⁴ Student in Postgraduate Program in Nutrition, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil.

PMID: 32429705
DOI: 10.1089/chi.2020.0121

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
Child
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Diet, Healthy*
Health Promotion*
Humans
Nutritional Status
Pandemics
Pediatric Obesity / prevention & control*
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
SARS-CoV-2