Clin Nutr ESPEN 2022 06 9;49:114-120. Epub 2022 Apr 9.
Post Graduate Program in Pediatrics and Child Health of PUCRS - Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Ipiranga, 6681 - Partenon, Porto Alegre, 90619-900, RS, Brazil; Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Ipiranga, 6681 - Partenon, Porto Alegre, 90619-900 - RS, Brazil. Electronic address:
Background & Aims: Concomitantly to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), in the child population there was already another pandemic wave in progress: childhood obesity. Numerous studies in adults have been carried out and describe obesity as an independent risk and prognostic factor for the severity of COVID-19. This study aims to systematically review the literature on the relation between weight excess and the severity of COVID-19 in children and adolescents. Read More