COVID-19 pandemic may exacerbate childhood obesity
Friday, April 3, 2020 - 12:40
in Health & Medicine
Public health scientists predict that school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic will exacerbate the epidemic of childhood obesity in the United States. Researchers expect that COVID-19-related school closures will double out-of-school time this year for many children in the US and will exacerbate risk factors for weight gain associated with summer recess.