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Management of children with obesity at local hospital and impact of COVID-19 pandemic
This study investigated the status of children with obesity before and after the COVID-19 pandemic, and the effects of lifestyle guidance on weight loss among children in Japan. We analysed the data of patients who visited our hospital after check-ups for obesity and evaluated the efficacy of lifest...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10448958/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37635787 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2023.1228681 |
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author | Ninchoji, Takeshi Aoto, Yuya Momo, Natsuki Maruyama, Jun Ioi, Hiroaki Uchida, Hayato |
author_facet | Ninchoji, Takeshi Aoto, Yuya Momo, Natsuki Maruyama, Jun Ioi, Hiroaki Uchida, Hayato |
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description | This study investigated the status of children with obesity before and after the COVID-19 pandemic, and the effects of lifestyle guidance on weight loss among children in Japan. We analysed the data of patients who visited our hospital after check-ups for obesity and evaluated the efficacy of lifestyle guidance. The patients were divided into groups A, B, and C (year 2011, 2019, and 2021, respectively). There were no differences in body weight, obesity index (OI), blood pressure, or alanine transaminase (ALT) levels between the groups; however, aspartate transaminase (AST) level was the highest in Group C. In Group C, only OI increased between the primary and secondary screenings; however, OI and body mass index (BMI) improved during the second screening and more children in the weight loss group followed lifestyle guidance. OI/BMI did not change over the past decade; however, short-term weight gain was significant owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, and simple guidance was effective in reducing weight. Future challenges include identifying methods to achieve long-term weight loss. |
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spelling | pubmed-104489582023-08-25 Management of children with obesity at local hospital and impact of COVID-19 pandemic Ninchoji, Takeshi Aoto, Yuya Momo, Natsuki Maruyama, Jun Ioi, Hiroaki Uchida, Hayato Front Pediatr Pediatrics This study investigated the status of children with obesity before and after the COVID-19 pandemic, and the effects of lifestyle guidance on weight loss among children in Japan. We analysed the data of patients who visited our hospital after check-ups for obesity and evaluated the efficacy of lifestyle guidance. The patients were divided into groups A, B, and C (year 2011, 2019, and 2021, respectively). There were no differences in body weight, obesity index (OI), blood pressure, or alanine transaminase (ALT) levels between the groups; however, aspartate transaminase (AST) level was the highest in Group C. In Group C, only OI increased between the primary and secondary screenings; however, OI and body mass index (BMI) improved during the second screening and more children in the weight loss group followed lifestyle guidance. OI/BMI did not change over the past decade; however, short-term weight gain was significant owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, and simple guidance was effective in reducing weight. Future challenges include identifying methods to achieve long-term weight loss. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-08-10 /pmc/articles/PMC10448958/ /pubmed/37635787 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2023.1228681 Text en © 2023 Ninchoji, Aoto, Momo, Maruyama, Ioi and Uchida. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Pediatrics Ninchoji, Takeshi Aoto, Yuya Momo, Natsuki Maruyama, Jun Ioi, Hiroaki Uchida, Hayato Management of children with obesity at local hospital and impact of COVID-19 pandemic |
title | Management of children with obesity at local hospital and impact of COVID-19 pandemic |
title_full | Management of children with obesity at local hospital and impact of COVID-19 pandemic |
title_fullStr | Management of children with obesity at local hospital and impact of COVID-19 pandemic |
title_full_unstemmed | Management of children with obesity at local hospital and impact of COVID-19 pandemic |
title_short | Management of children with obesity at local hospital and impact of COVID-19 pandemic |
title_sort | management of children with obesity at local hospital and impact of covid-19 pandemic |
topic | Pediatrics |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10448958/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37635787 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2023.1228681 |
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