Department of Pediatrics, Son Espases University Hospital, 07120 Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
Department of Pediatrics, Quiron Rotger Hospital, 07012 Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Aug 28;19(17):10721. doi: 10.3390/ijerph191710721.
The timing of caloric intake plays an important role in the long-term process that leads to communicable diseases. The primary objective of this study was to analyse whether children who ate dinner early were at lower risks of acute respiratory infections than children who ate dinner late during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This cross-sectional study was conducted from July to December 2020 on children attending Majorcan emergency services. Our survey on dinner time habits was carried out by using self-administered questionnaires.
A total of 669 children were included in this study. The median dinner time was 8:30 pm. Late dinner eaters accounted for a higher proportion of acute otitis media (7% vs. 3%; = 0.028) than early dinner eaters. Other infectious diseases were not associated with dinner time habits.
We make a preliminary estimate of the link between late dinner habits and acute otitis media in children. However, no conclusions about causality can be established due to the observational design of the study, and further research is needed in order to confirm the different issues raised by our initial exploration of an emerging research area.
分析新冠疫情期间，相较于晚餐吃得晚的儿童，晚餐吃得早的儿童患急性呼吸道感染的风险是否更低。
这是一项在 2020 年 7 月至 12 月期间于马略卡岛急诊服务就诊的儿童中开展的横断面研究。我们通过自填式问卷来调查儿童的晚餐时间习惯。
本研究共纳入 669 名儿童，晚餐时间中位数为 8:30pm。与晚餐吃得早的儿童相比，晚餐吃得晚的儿童患急性中耳炎的比例更高（7% vs. 3%； = 0.028）。其他感染性疾病与晚餐时间习惯无关。
我们初步评估了儿童晚餐时间晚与急性中耳炎之间的关联。但是，由于研究设计为观察性研究，不能确定因果关系，因此需要进一步研究以证实我们对新兴研究领域的初步探索所提出的不同问题。
