Yamron Emily Danielle, Moon Jee-Young, Meissner Paul, Wylie-Rosett Judith, Viswanathan Shankar, Rieder Jessica
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus, Bronx, NY, USA (EY).
Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA (JYM).
Am J Lifestyle Med. 2024 Feb 5:15598276241231519. doi: 10.1177/15598276241231519.
A minority of American youth meet CDC lifestyle behavior recommendations. Children in the Bronx face barriers to healthy behaviors amplified by COVID-19. This research evaluated baseline behavior among distinct cohorts attending afterschool programming before and after the COVID-19 shutdown. Three Bronx public schools collected demographic and behavior data at the start of the 2021-2022 school year. This was compared to baseline data from students during the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 school years at 1 school. During the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 school years, 76 students completed lifestyle behaviors questionnaires. During the 2021-2022 school year 89 students completed questionnaires. Participants surveyed after the COVID-19 shutdown drank more sweetened beverages (Median (IQR) = 3 (2-5) cups/day vs 2 (1-4) cups/day, = .029) than those surveyed before the pandemic. Changes to the distribution of sleep (8 (7.5-9) hours/day vs 8 (6-9) hours/day, = .005) and fast food consumption (1 (0 to 2-3) times/week vs 1 (1 to 2-3) times/week), = .004) without changes in medians were also observed. PA hours completed weekly trended toward significant decline (4 (2-5) hours/week vs 3 (2-5) hours/week, = .09). Changes in behaviors including sleep, physical activity, and sweetened beverage and fast food consumption observed after the COVID-19 shutdown highlight the importance of robust programming to promote healthy lifestyle behaviors in youth.
少数美国青少年符合美国疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）的生活方式行为建议。布朗克斯区的儿童在健康行为方面面临障碍，而新冠疫情使这些障碍进一步加剧。本研究评估了在新冠疫情停课前后参加课后活动的不同队列人群的基线行为。三所布朗克斯公立学校在2021 - 2022学年开始时收集了人口统计学和行为数据。并将其与一所学校在2016 - 2017学年和2017 - 2018学年学生的基线数据进行比较。在2016 - 2017学年和2017 - 2018学年，76名学生完成了生活方式行为问卷。在2021 - 2022学年，89名学生完成了问卷。新冠疫情停课之后接受调查的参与者饮用的甜味饮料更多（中位数（四分位间距）= 3（2 - 5）杯/天，而疫情前为2（1 - 4）杯/天，P = 0.029）。睡眠分布（8（7.5 - 9）小时/天，而之前为8（6 - 9）小时/天，P = 0.005）和快餐消费（1（0至2 - 3）次/周，而之前为1（1至2 - 3）次/周，P = 0.004）也出现了变化，中位数未改变。每周完成的体育活动小时数呈显著下降趋势（4（2 - 5）小时/周，而之前为3（2 - 5）小时/周，P = 0.09）。新冠疫情停课之后观察到的包括睡眠、身体活动、甜味饮料和快餐消费在内的行为变化，凸显了开展有力活动以促进青少年健康生活方式行为的重要性。
