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The Pandemic and Childhood Weight Gain

31/03/2021 06:00am | 2498 views

There’s plenty of talk of the COVID 20—meaning the extra weight that adults are putting on during the pandemic. But what about children? Even before the pandemic, the percentage of American children who have overweight or obesity—defined as body mass index (BMI) being in the 85th to 95th percentiles for children of the same age and sex—was startingly high, and early evidence is suggesting the pandemic may make matters even worse.

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Tufts University

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Tufts is a research university committed to helping students and faculty generate bold ideas, innovate, and become active citizens of the world. https://now.tufts.edu/