Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China; Department of Special Education and Counselling, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Public Health. 2024 Jan;226:80-83. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2023.10.037. Epub 2023 Nov 27.
This study is to evaluate if there is any difference in the balance between incidence of and remission from overweight/obesity in Hong Kong school-age children before and during the COVID-19 pandemic over three years.
This is a retrospective longitudinal study that involved children aged 6-16 years from a database of the School Physical Fitness Award Scheme.
2765 students were longitudinally followed up for two years. The prevalence of childhood overweight/obesity was increased between the 2019 and 2021 academic years (P < 0.001). During the COVID-19 pandemic, the rate of obesity remission significantly reduced by 7.9 % (P = 0.003), at a background of a plateau of obesity among children and adolescents.
Our study provides evidence on the impact of school closure and home confinement as a standard infection control measure for the prevention of COVID-19, which are likely to break the balance between incidence of and remission from childhood obesity.
本研究旨在评估在 COVID-19 大流行的三年期间，香港学龄儿童超重/肥胖的发病率和缓解率之间的平衡是否存在差异。
这是一项回顾性纵向研究，涉及来自学校体能奖计划数据库的 6-16 岁儿童。
2765 名学生进行了为期两年的纵向随访。2019 学年和 2021 学年期间，儿童超重/肥胖的患病率增加（P<0.001）。在 COVID-19 大流行期间，肥胖缓解率显著下降了 7.9%（P=0.003），而儿童和青少年的肥胖率则保持在平台期。
我们的研究提供了关于学校关闭和家庭隔离作为预防 COVID-19 的标准感染控制措施的影响的证据，这可能打破了儿童肥胖的发病率和缓解率之间的平衡。
