The effect of the COVID‐19 pandemic lockdown on the distribution of fat tissue and skinfold thickness in adolescents from Kraków (Poland)
Authors' conclusion
The introduced restrictions such as lockdown, remote learning, reduced physical activity and changes in dietary habits could have influenced the distribution of fat tissue and skinfold thickness amongst adolescents from Kraków.
Study context
- Population
- Adolescents aged 11–15 from Kraków, Poland
- Participants
- 1,662 adolescents
- Exposure
- 2022 cohort vs 2020 cohort
- Outcome
- Changes in distribution of fat tissue and skinfold thickness (skinfolds, trunk adiposity index, limbs-to-trunk fat ratio, limbs-to-total skinfold ratio)
Methodological detailstwo cross-sectional surveys (2020 and 2022), Two-way ANOVA, Tukey's HSD test and Kruskal-Wallis test, depending on normality
- Two cross-sectional surveys (2020 and 2022)
- Two-way ANOVA, Tukey's HSD test and Kruskal-Wallis test, depending on normality
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Higher skinfold thicknesses in most age groups in both sexes in the 2022 vs 2020 cohort
- Higher trunk adiposity index and limbs-to-total skinfold ratio in most age groups
- Inverse trend in the limbs-to-trunk fat ratio
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
The effect of the COVID‐19 pandemic lockdown on the distribution of fat tissue and skinfold thickness in adolescents from Kraków (Poland). Pediatr Obes. Published 11 August 2024. doi:10.
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