Food Education Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy.
Research Area for Multifactorial Disease and Complex Phenotypes, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy.
Nutrients. 2021 Jan 26;13(2):383. doi: 10.3390/nu13020383.
Childhood obesity is a worldwide health emergency. In many cases, it is directly linked to inappropriate eating habits and a sedentary lifestyle. During lockdown aimed at containing the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spread, children have been forced to stay at home. The present study aimed at investigating the lifestyles of outpatients (aged 5-17 years) with complicated obesity enrolled in the day-hospital food education program at the Children's Hospital Bambino Gesù in Rome. A survey was performed based on a structured questionnaire, investigating dietary habits and lifestyles. The questionnaire answers were rated as "yes/no/sometimes" or "often/never/sometimes". Eighty-eight families correctly completed the questionnaire between March and May 2020. The results highlighted that 85.2% ( = 75) of the patients ate breakfast regularly, and 64.3% ( = 72) consumed fruit as an afternoon snack. However, 21.6% ( = 19) did just "often" home workouts, and 50.0% ( = 44) reported an increase of feeling hungry with "sometimes" frequency. There is a significant relationship of feeling hungry with gender ( < 0.0001) and age ( = 0.048) and, also, between gender with having breakfast ( = 0.020) and cooking ( = 0.006). Living a healthy lifestyle during lockdown was difficult for the outpatients, mainly due to the increase in a sedentary lifestyle and the increase in feeling hungry, but some healthy eating habits were maintained, as advised during the food education program provided before lockdown.
儿童肥胖是一个全球性的健康紧急问题。在许多情况下，它直接与不恰当的饮食习惯和久坐的生活方式有关。在为遏制新冠病毒（COVID-19）传播而实施的封锁期间，儿童被迫呆在家里。本研究旨在调查参加罗马 Bambino Gesù 儿童医院日间医院饮食教育计划的肥胖症患儿的门诊患者（5-17 岁）的生活方式。根据结构化问卷进行了一项调查，调查了饮食习惯和生活方式。问卷答案被评为“是/否/有时”或“经常/从不/有时”。2020 年 3 月至 5 月期间，88 个家庭正确完成了问卷。结果表明，85.2%（=75）的患者规律地吃早餐，64.3%（=72）的患者在下午吃水果作为零食。然而，21.6%（=19）的患者只是“经常”在家锻炼，50.0%（=44）的患者报告说，“有时”感到饥饿的频率增加。感到饥饿与性别（<0.0001）和年龄（=0.048）之间存在显著关系，也与性别和吃早餐（=0.020）和烹饪（=0.006）之间存在显著关系。在封锁期间，门诊患者很难保持健康的生活方式，主要是由于久坐的生活方式增加和经常感到饥饿，但他们保持了一些健康的饮食习惯，这些习惯是在封锁前提供的饮食教育计划中建议的。
