Impact of lockdown on the growth of children in China aged 3-6 years during the COVID-19 pandemic
BackgroundLockdowns in COVID-19 pandemic led to less physical activity and more intake of unhealthy food in children. The aim of this study was to investigate the negative impact of major lockdowns on the growth of children aged 3-6 years during COVID-19 pandemic period.MethodsPhysical examination r...
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| author | Peiling Cai Yuxuan Liu Yuxuan Liu Zhen Yang Yueyao Luo Yanqiong Zhang Peng Ye Xiaoling Yin Nanying Xiao Xinwei Chen Mengping Wang Beili Xiao Beili Xiao Hongying Zhao |
| author_facet | Peiling Cai Yuxuan Liu Yuxuan Liu Zhen Yang Yueyao Luo Yanqiong Zhang Peng Ye Xiaoling Yin Nanying Xiao Xinwei Chen Mengping Wang Beili Xiao Beili Xiao Hongying Zhao |
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| description | BackgroundLockdowns in COVID-19 pandemic led to less physical activity and more intake of unhealthy food in children. The aim of this study was to investigate the negative impact of major lockdowns on the growth of children aged 3-6 years during COVID-19 pandemic period.MethodsPhysical examination results in 2019 to 2022 from 5834 eligible children (2972 males and 2862 females) from Southwestern China who were 3 years old in 2019 were retrospectively collected. Height and weight data points were extracted from the results, and percentiles of height (height%), weight (weight%), and BMI (BMI%), and rates of overweight and obesity were calculated and compared between different years during the pandemic.ResultsAfter analyzing the 15404 growth data points from 5834 children, a slowly increasing trend of height% from 2019 to 2022 was observed. Weight%, BMI%, overweight rate, obesity rate, and combined overweight and obesity rate had two peaks in 2020 and 2022 when major lockdowns were adopted and a drop in between (year 2021), except for obesity rate which did not drop in 2021. Similar results were shown after stratification by gender.ConclusionThe lockdowns in COVID-19 pandemic promoted obesity of kindergarten children, but did not show any negative impact on their height growth possibly due to over-nutrition of children during lockdowns. More efforts need to be made to limit the increase of obesity rate in kindergarten children during possible future lockdowns. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-95e7ecb7d4a84502894900bfbb3712202024-01-03T04:40:55ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Endocrinology1664-23922024-01-011410.3389/fendo.2023.13018891301889Impact of lockdown on the growth of children in China aged 3-6 years during the COVID-19 pandemicPeiling Cai0Yuxuan Liu1Yuxuan Liu2Zhen Yang3Yueyao Luo4Yanqiong Zhang5Peng Ye6Xiaoling Yin7Nanying Xiao8Xinwei Chen9Mengping Wang10Beili Xiao11Beili Xiao12Hongying Zhao13School of Preclinical Medicine, Chengdu University, Chengdu, Sichuan, ChinaSchool of Preclinical Medicine, Chengdu University, Chengdu, Sichuan, ChinaClinical Medical College & Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu University, Chengdu, Sichuan, ChinaMaternal and Child Health Service Center of Wuhua District, Kunming, Yunnan, ChinaSchool of Preclinical Medicine, Chengdu University, Chengdu, Sichuan, ChinaMaternal and Child Health Service Center of Wuhua District, Kunming, Yunnan, ChinaSchool of Preclinical Medicine, Chengdu University, Chengdu, Sichuan, ChinaMaternal and Child Health Service Center of Wuhua District, Kunming, Yunnan, ChinaMaternal and Child Health Service Center of Wuhua District, Kunming, Yunnan, ChinaClinical Medical College & Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu University, Chengdu, Sichuan, ChinaSchool of Preclinical Medicine, Chengdu University, Chengdu, Sichuan, ChinaSchool of Preclinical Medicine, Chengdu University, Chengdu, Sichuan, ChinaClinical Medical College & Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu University, Chengdu, Sichuan, ChinaDepartment of Pediatrics, Zhongshan Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, ChinaBackgroundLockdowns in COVID-19 pandemic led to less physical activity and more intake of unhealthy food in children. The aim of this study was to investigate the negative impact of major lockdowns on the growth of children aged 3-6 years during COVID-19 pandemic period.MethodsPhysical examination results in 2019 to 2022 from 5834 eligible children (2972 males and 2862 females) from Southwestern China who were 3 years old in 2019 were retrospectively collected. Height and weight data points were extracted from the results, and percentiles of height (height%), weight (weight%), and BMI (BMI%), and rates of overweight and obesity were calculated and compared between different years during the pandemic.ResultsAfter analyzing the 15404 growth data points from 5834 children, a slowly increasing trend of height% from 2019 to 2022 was observed. Weight%, BMI%, overweight rate, obesity rate, and combined overweight and obesity rate had two peaks in 2020 and 2022 when major lockdowns were adopted and a drop in between (year 2021), except for obesity rate which did not drop in 2021. Similar results were shown after stratification by gender.ConclusionThe lockdowns in COVID-19 pandemic promoted obesity of kindergarten children, but did not show any negative impact on their height growth possibly due to over-nutrition of children during lockdowns. More efforts need to be made to limit the increase of obesity rate in kindergarten children during possible future lockdowns.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fendo.2023.1301889/fulllockdownCOVID-19 pandemicheightweightbody mass indexpreschool children |
| spellingShingle | Peiling Cai Yuxuan Liu Yuxuan Liu Zhen Yang Yueyao Luo Yanqiong Zhang Peng Ye Xiaoling Yin Nanying Xiao Xinwei Chen Mengping Wang Beili Xiao Beili Xiao Hongying Zhao Impact of lockdown on the growth of children in China aged 3-6 years during the COVID-19 pandemic Frontiers in Endocrinology lockdown COVID-19 pandemic height weight body mass index preschool children |
| title | Impact of lockdown on the growth of children in China aged 3-6 years during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_full | Impact of lockdown on the growth of children in China aged 3-6 years during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_fullStr | Impact of lockdown on the growth of children in China aged 3-6 years during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of lockdown on the growth of children in China aged 3-6 years during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_short | Impact of lockdown on the growth of children in China aged 3-6 years during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_sort | impact of lockdown on the growth of children in china aged 3 6 years during the covid 19 pandemic |
| topic | lockdown COVID-19 pandemic height weight body mass index preschool children |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fendo.2023.1301889/full |
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