Obesity Prevention Environment: Is it Time to Empower Educators and Remobilize Schools in the Post-COVID-19 Period?

Julien Steven Baker; Wei Liang; Jiao Jiao; Binh Quach; Frédéric Dutheil; Yang Gao

doi:10.5334/paah.92

Abstract

Childhood obesity continues to be a serious problem. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to great life-changing challenges amongst schoolchildren, which might subsequently aggravate existing childhood obesity issues. We suggest that educators and schools need to provide solutions to the problem.

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Obesity Prevention Environment: Is it Time to Empower Educators and Remobilize Schools in the Post-COVID-19 Period?

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