Obesity and Severe Obesity in Youth Before and During COVID-19
Obesity prevalence trended up from before to during the pandemic, and PA was associated with obesity, whereas no distinct associations of UPF and increasing obesity severity emerged.
Authors
- Sarah Elizabeth Messiah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6685-2175)
- Luyu Xie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4499-0555)
- Bethany R. Cartwright (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1013-9298)
- Sarah E. Barlow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1672-2126)
- Daniela Neri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1397-9126)
- Eurídice Martínez Steele (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2907-3153)
- Stacia M. DeSantis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3400-1031)
- Steven E. Lipshultz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2077-6178)
- Yujia Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8850-1824)
- Deepali Karina Ernest (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2638-8229)
- Matthew S. McCabe
Institutions
- University of Miami (US)
- Universidade de São Paulo (BR)
- Departamento de Epidemiología (GT)
- Southwestern Medical Center (US)
- Jacobs Institute (US)
- University at Buffalo, State University of New York (US)
- University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (US)
- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PEDIATRICS
- Published
- 2025-12-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2024-070370
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00