COVID-19 and Changes in Child Obesity

Pediatrics. 2021 May;147(5):e2021050123. doi: 10.1542/peds.2021-050123. Epub 2021 Mar 2.

Authors

Brian P Jenssen^{1

2

3}, Mary Kate Kelly^{4

3}, Maura Powell^{4

3}, Zoe Bouchelle⁵, Stephanie L Mayne^{4

2

3}, Alexander G Fiks^{4

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ The Possibilities Project, jenssenb@email.chop.edu.
² Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
³ Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness and PolicyLab, and.
⁴ The Possibilities Project.
⁵ Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and.

PMID: 33653879
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2021-050123

No abstract available

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Body Mass Index
COVID-19 / complications*
Child
Child, Preschool
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
Male
Pediatric Obesity / complications
Pediatric Obesity / epidemiology*
Pediatric Obesity / ethnology
Pennsylvania / epidemiology
Prevalence
Risk Factors
SARS-CoV-2
Socioeconomic Factors