During the health crisis, many children gained weight, as revealed by a study by Public Health France.
Sedentary lifestyle and video gamesqualitative weakening of the modes offood during the various confinements, for our children this period was not the best for their health and the repercussions are already present, as synthesized by a new study by Public Health France.
To carry out this survey, SPF followed 50,000 children aged 4 and a half on average. A study started in 2018 (before the pandemic). And the result is clear, as BFMTV medical consultant Boris Hansel points out: “Childhood overweight and obesity increased significantly in 2020-2021, compared to the two previous school years; This increase is part of a context where the health crisis has severely limited activities and led to a sedentary lifestyle.“.
The percentage of overweight children fell from 8.6% to 11.2%
Dr Marie-Laure Baranne, adds for her part: “En 2020-2021, the percentage of overweight children fell from 8.6% to 11.2%, while that of obese children almost doubled (2.8% to 4.6%)“. Specialists hope that the return to normal life will curb this overweight phenomenon with the return of sports and outdoor activities. Element unexplained by the authors of the report: the study shows that girls are more at risk of presenting overweight or obesity than boys.
A guide to ‘good practice’
Note that the HAS (High Authority of San), has just written a guide to ‘good practices’ (overweight and obesity in children and adolescents). In France, at least 17% of 6-year-old children are overweight and 4% are obese. By the end of college, it’s one in five overweight and 5.4% obese. The website https://www.mangerbouger.fr/ offers you for its part many ideas of meals, articles, in order to find the form.
