COVID-19大流行封锁对不同社会经济背景的小学儿童体质指数的影响
Ludwig Piesch1,2, Robert Stojan1, Jochen Zinner3
1Institute of Educational Sciences, University of Münster, Bispinghof 5/6, 48143, Münster, Germany.
Sports medicine - open
|March 1, 2024
概括
随着COVID-19大流行和相关的封锁,儿童的体重指数 (BMI) 增加,特别是来自较低社会经济背景的儿童. 这些发现凸显了需要有针对性的干预措施,以促进儿童的体育活动的流行后.
科学领域:
- 儿科 儿科 儿科
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 儿童肥胖是一个日益关注的问题,具有长期健康影响.
- 由于COVID-19大流行,限制措施 (封锁,学校关闭) 扰乱了儿童的日常生活,影响了身体活动,饮食和睡眠.
- 在流行病期间,社会经济因素可能会加剧儿童体质指数 (BMI) 升高的风险.
研究的目的:
- 调查COVID-19大流行措施对儿童BMI的影响.
- 分析社会经济背景 (SEB) 对流行病期间的BMI变化的影响.
- 评估第三年级学生的BMI趋势,在德国与流行病相关的封锁之前和之后.
主要方法:
- 一项队列研究分析了来自41,728名儿童 (年龄为8.84岁) 的数据.
- 将BMI标准偏差得分 (SDS) 与三个时期进行比较:COVID前 (2017年9月至2020年3月),第一次封锁后 (2020年8月至2020年12月) 和第二次封锁后 (2021年8月至2022年1月).
- 社会经济背景 (SEB) 根据柏林的学校类型分类来确定.
主要成果:
- 与COVID前相比,儿童的BMI在封锁后 (LDI后和LDII后) 显著增加.
- 低SEB的儿童始终表现出更高的BMI.
- 时间和SEB之间的显著相互作用表明,SEB对BMI的影响在锁定后增加,特别是在第二次锁定后.
结论:
- 由于COVID-19大流行,儿童的BMI增加,对来自较低社会经济背景的儿童产生了不成比例的影响.
- 调查结果强调了社会条件和儿童的BMI之间的联系,强调了社会经济低水平地区的脆弱性.
- 公共卫生当局应实施促进儿童体育活动的战略,并建立流行后计划,以应对日益上升的儿童肥胖率.
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