COVID-19-related school closing aggravate obesity and glucose intolerance in pediatric patients with obesity

It is important to pay attention to the indirect effects of the social distancing implemented to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on children and adolescent health. The aim of the present study was to explore impacts of a reduction in physical activity caused by COV...

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Published in:Scientific reports 2021-03, Vol.11 (1), p.5494-5494, Article 5494
Main Authors: Kim, Eun Sil, Kwon, Yiyoung, Choe, Yon Ho, Kim, Mi Jin
Format: Article
Language:English
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Adolescent
Adolescents
Alanine Transaminase - analysis
Aspartate Aminotransferases - analysis
Body Mass Index
Body Weight
Child
Children
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
COVID-19 - pathology
COVID-19 - virology
Exercise
Fatty liver
Female
Glucose Intolerance - complications
Glucose Intolerance - diagnosis
Glucose tolerance
Glycated Hemoglobin A - analysis
Hemoglobin
Humanities and Social Sciences
Humans
Intolerance
Lipids - analysis
Liver - enzymology
Liver diseases
Male
multidisciplinary
Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - complications
Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - diagnosis
Obesity
Pandemics
Pediatric Obesity - complications
Pediatric Obesity - diagnosis
Pediatrics
Physical activity
Quarantine
SARS-CoV-2 - isolation & purification
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
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Summary:It is important to pay attention to the indirect effects of the social distancing implemented to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on children and adolescent health. The aim of the present study was to explore impacts of a reduction in physical activity caused by COVID-19 outbreak in pediatric patients diagnosed with obesity. This study conducted between pre-school closing and school closing period and 90 patients aged between 6- and 18-year-old were included. Comparing the variables between pre-school closing period and school closing period in patients suffering from obesity revealed significant differences in variables related to metabolism such as body weight z-score, body mass index z-score, liver enzymes and lipid profile. We further evaluated the metabolic factors related to obesity. When comparing patients with or without nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), only hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) was the only difference between the two time points ( p  
ISSN:2045-2322
2045-2322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-021-84766-w