Should you worry about your kid’s pandemic weight gain?
The New York Times
6th February, 2021 06:35:40
Last spring, scientists predicted that the COVID-19 pandemic might contribute to a rise in children’s body weight, because of school closures and families hunkering down with comfort foods, lacking access to healthful meal options and exercising less. Yet while we know that childhood hunger has risen precipitously during the pandemic, we don’t have much data on whether children’s body sizes have changed in the past year.
“One of the challenges in even collecting that data is that a lot of health care visits are now virtual, so weights aren’t taken,” said Dr Richard Besser, president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which releases an annual “State of Childhood Obesity” report. “But there’s a lot of concern about children’s weight going up in the pandemic. And it makes a lot of sense that this is something that’s going to happen.”
Virginia Sole-Smith, The New York Times
Published: 23 Jan 2021 03:24 PM BdST
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Last spring, scientists predicted that the COVID-19 pandemic might contribute to a rise in children’s body weight, because of school closures and families hunkering down with comfort foods, lacking access to healthful meal options and exercising less. Yet while we know that childhood hunger has risen precipitously during the pandemic, we don’t have much data on whether children’s body sizes have changed in the past year.
Should You Worry About Your Kidâs Pandemic Weight Gain?
Think of body changes as something to be curious about, not a problem to be solved.
Credit.Janice Chang
Published Jan. 15, 2021Updated Jan. 23, 2021
Last spring, scientists predicted that the Covid-19 pandemic might contribute to a rise in childrenâs body weight, because of school closures and families hunkering down with comfort foods, lacking access to healthful meal options and exercising less. Yet while we know that childhood hunger has risen precipitously during the pandemic, we donât have much data on whether childrenâs body sizes have changed in the past year.
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