Childhood Overweight and Obesity During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic

Anna Fäldt; Sahar Nejat; Natalie Durbeej; Anton Holmgren

doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.0122

Childhood Overweight and Obesity During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic

JAMA Pediatr. 2024 May 1;178(5):498-500. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.0122.

Authors

Anna Fäldt¹, Sahar Nejat¹, Natalie Durbeej¹, Anton Holmgren²

Affiliations

¹ Child and Health Parenting (CHAP), Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
² Institute of Clinical Sciences, Department of Paediatrics, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.

PMID: 38497991
PMCID: PMC10949142 (available on 2025-03-18)
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.0122

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Plain language summary

This cohort study analyzes the prevalence of overweight and obesity among preschool children in Sweden before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic and longitudinal trends in body mass index.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Body Mass Index
COVID-19* / epidemiology
COVID-19* / prevention & control
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Male
Overweight* / epidemiology
Pandemics
Pediatric Obesity* / epidemiology