COVID-19-Related School Closings and Risk of Weight Gain Among Children

Affiliations

¹ Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, New York, USA.
² Department is Research, Evaluation, and Policy, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
³ Smith College School for Social Work, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA.
⁴ Department of Envrionmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, New York, USA.

Andrew G Rundle et al. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;28(6):1008-1009.

doi: 10.1002/oby.22813. Epub 2020 Apr 18.

¹ Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, New York, USA.
² Department is Research, Evaluation, and Policy, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
³ Smith College School for Social Work, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA.
⁴ Department of Envrionmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, New York, USA.

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Comment in

COVID-19, School Closings, and Weight Gain.
Joob B, Wiwanitkit V. Joob B, et al. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2020 Jun;28(6):1006. doi: 10.1002/oby.22825. Epub 2020 May 6. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2020. PMID: 32275803 No abstract available.
How Much May COVID-19 School Closures Increase Childhood Obesity?
Workman J. Workman J. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2020 Oct;28(10):1787. doi: 10.1002/oby.22960. Epub 2020 Aug 31. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2020. PMID: 32640077 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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