Cincinnati Children’s study finds children picked up the pandemic pounds, too
Children got fatter through the coronavirus pandemic, worsening a generational weight problem and raising their risk for COVID-19, says a patient study at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center released Tuesday.
The 10-year tracking study found the percentage of children at unhealthy weights rose from 35% to 36.4% from 2011 to 2020. But in the pandemic’s first year, that fraction soared to 39.7%, the study found.
