Evaluation of Unintended Consequences of COVID-19 Pandemic Restrictions and Obesity Prevalence Among Youths

Stella T Lartey; Wasantha P Jayawardene; Stephanie L Dickinson; Xiwei Chen; Nana Gletsu-Miller; David K Lohrmann

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.23596

Evaluation of Unintended Consequences of COVID-19 Pandemic Restrictions and Obesity Prevalence Among Youths

JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Jul 3;6(7):e2323596. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.23596.

Authors

Stella T Lartey¹, Wasantha P Jayawardene², Stephanie L Dickinson³, Xiwei Chen³, Nana Gletsu-Miller⁴, David K Lohrmann⁴

Affiliations

¹ St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee.
² School of Human Sciences, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.
³ Biostatistics Consulting Center, Indiana University School of Public Health, Bloomington.
⁴ Department of Applied Health Science, Indiana University School of Public Health, Bloomington.

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Plain language summary

This cohort study examines the association between COVID-19 pandemic restrictions and obesity prevalence among youths aged 2 to 19 years in Monroe County, Indiana.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
COVID-19* / epidemiology
Humans
Pandemics
Prevalence