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Article: Dynamics of childhood obesity in Hong Kong throughout the COVID-19 pandemic before and after the school closures: a 3-year longitudinal study

TitleDynamics of childhood obesity in Hong Kong throughout the COVID-19 pandemic before and after the school closures: a 3-year longitudinal study
Authors
Issue Date30-Nov-2023
PublisherRoyal Society for Public Health
Citation
Public Health, 2024, v. 226 How to Cite?
Abstract

Objective

This study is to evaluate if there is any difference in the balance between incidence of and remission from overweight/obesity in Hong Kong school-age children before and during the COVID-19 pandemic over three years.

Methods

This is a retrospective longitudinal study that involved children aged 6–16 years from a database of the School Physical Fitness Award Scheme.

Results

2765 students were longitudinally followed up for two years. The prevalence of childhood overweight/obesity was increased between the 2019 and 2021 academic years (P < 0.001). During the COVID-19 pandemic, the rate of obesity remission significantly reduced by 7.9 % (P = 0.003), at a background of a plateau of obesity among children and adolescents.

Conclusions

Our study provides evidence on the impact of school closure and home confinement as a standard infection control measure for the prevention of COVID-19, which are likely to break the balance between incidence of and remission from childhood obesity.


Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/339221
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2023 Impact Factor: 3.9
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.203

 

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dc.contributor.authorYip, KM-
dc.contributor.authorSo, HK-
dc.contributor.authorWong, WHS-
dc.contributor.authorWong, RS-
dc.contributor.authorTung, KTS-
dc.contributor.authorTso, WWY-
dc.contributor.authorWong, ICK-
dc.contributor.authorYam, JC-
dc.contributor.authorKwan, MYW-
dc.contributor.authorFung, GPG-
dc.contributor.authorWong, SWS-
dc.contributor.authorIp, P-
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-11T10:34:56Z-
dc.date.available2024-03-11T10:34:56Z-
dc.date.issued2023-11-30-
dc.identifier.citationPublic Health, 2024, v. 226-
dc.identifier.issn0033-3506-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/339221-
dc.description.abstract<h3>Objective</h3><p>This study is to evaluate if there is any difference in the balance between incidence of and remission from overweight/obesity in Hong Kong school-age children before and during the COVID-19 pandemic over three years.</p><h3>Methods</h3><p>This is a retrospective <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/social-sciences/longitudinal-analysis" title="Learn more about longitudinal study from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages">longitudinal study</a> that involved children aged 6–16 years from a database of the School Physical Fitness Award Scheme.</p><h3>Results</h3><p>2765 students were longitudinally followed up for two years. The prevalence of childhood overweight/obesity was increased between the 2019 and 2021 academic years (<em>P</em> < 0.001). During the COVID-19 pandemic, the rate of obesity remission significantly reduced by 7.9 % (<em>P</em> = 0.003), at a background of a plateau of obesity among children and adolescents.</p><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Our study provides evidence on the impact of school closure and home <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/confinement" title="Learn more about confinement from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages">confinement</a> as a standard infection control measure for the prevention of COVID-19, which are likely to break the balance between incidence of and remission from <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/childhood-obesity" title="Learn more about childhood obesity from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages">childhood obesity</a>.</p>-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherRoyal Society for Public Health-
dc.relation.ispartofPublic Health-
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.-
dc.titleDynamics of childhood obesity in Hong Kong throughout the COVID-19 pandemic before and after the school closures: a 3-year longitudinal study-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.puhe.2023.10.037-
dc.identifier.volume226-
dc.identifier.issnl0033-3506-

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