Environmental factors of obesity before and after Covid-19 pandemic
A review
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22085791 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Irena Anna Wolińska, Irena Wolińska (Wroclaw Medical University), Krzysztof Kraik (0009-0002-0987-4225, Wroclaw Medical University), Rafał Poręba (0000-0002-7217-7070, Wroclaw Medical University), Paweł Gać (0000-0001-8366-0239, Wroclaw Medical University, corresponding author), Małgorzata Poręba (0000-0002-4868-3088, Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Pages | 1213033-1213033 |
| Publication date | 2023-12-18 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Frontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565 |
| Publisher | Frontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1213033 |
| PMID | 38186688 |
| OpenAlex | W4389885517 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 62 |
In past decades the prevalence of overweight and obesity had grown rapidly. There are numerous factors contributing to this unfavorable change in people’s health. This review article investigates the environmental factors which may play a role in the prevalence of overweight and obesity and additionally the novel factors which appeared after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused the increase in BMI during the lockdown period. Most of the studies reveal that the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown contributed to the growth of BMI in numerous countries and, eventually the prevalence of overweight and obesity increased. Studies suggest that the physical activity was decreased while sleep time and screen time were increased and the amount of food consumed increased, additionally more processed food with long shelf life was consumed. The diverse environmental factors may have an impact on obesity and overweight development taking into account policy and local school policy issues, socioeconomic status, lifestyle including physical activity, diet habits, and amongst others, more trivial causes such as uninteresting neighborhoods, lack of sense of security outside the place of residence or a long distance from shops. Still, this is the object of debate if air pollution is an environmental risk factor influencing the unfavorable trends towards increasing body weight
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Betacoronavirus · Disease · Environmental health · Geography · Obesity · Outbreak · Pandemic · Pathology · Climate Change and Health Impacts · Medicine · Nutritional Studies and Diet · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Virology
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |