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Yip KM, So HK, Wong WHS, Wong RS, Tung KTS, Tso WWY, Wong ICK, Yam JC, Kwan MYW, Fung GPG, Wong SWS, Ip P. Dynamics of childhood obesity in Hong Kong throughout the COVID-19 pandemic before and after the school closures: a 3-year longitudinal study. Public Health 2024; 226:80-83. [PMID: 38016199 DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2023.10.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2023] [Revised: 10/19/2023] [Accepted: 10/19/2023] [Indexed: 11/30/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE This study is to evaluate if there is any difference in the balance between incidence of and remission from overweight/obesity in Hong Kong school-age children before and during the COVID-19 pandemic over three years. METHODS This is a retrospective longitudinal study that involved children aged 6-16 years from a database of the School Physical Fitness Award Scheme. RESULTS 2765 students were longitudinally followed up for two years. The prevalence of childhood overweight/obesity was increased between the 2019 and 2021 academic years (P < 0.001). During the COVID-19 pandemic, the rate of obesity remission significantly reduced by 7.9 % (P = 0.003), at a background of a plateau of obesity among children and adolescents. CONCLUSIONS Our study provides evidence on the impact of school closure and home confinement as a standard infection control measure for the prevention of COVID-19, which are likely to break the balance between incidence of and remission from childhood obesity.
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Affiliation(s)
- K M Yip
- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China; Department of Special Education and Counselling, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Paediatrics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Physical Fitness Association of Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China; Hong Kong Children's Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China.
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Wong JSC, Wong TS, Chua GT, Wan C, Lau SH, Ho SCS, Rosa Duque JS, Wong ICK, To KKW, Tso WWY, Wong CS, Ho MHK, Kwok J, Chow CB, Tam PKH, Chan GCF, Leung WH, Lau YL, Ip P, Kwan MYW. COVID toe in an adolescent boy: a case report. Hong Kong Med J 2022; 28:175-177. [PMID: 35307653 DOI: 10.12809/hkmj219690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- J S C Wong
- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Centre for Safe Medication Practice and Research, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.,Research Department of Practice and Policy, UCL School of Pharmacy, University College London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Microbiology, Carol Yu Centre for Infection, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Dermatology Division, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Division of Transplantation and Immunogenetics, Department of Pathology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong
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- Division of Paediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.,Dr Li Dak-Sum Research Centre, The University of Hong Kong-Karolinska Institutet Collaboration in Regenerative Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong
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Chan TT, Leung WCY, Chan CK, Lo HKT, Tso WWY, Tsui SH, Chan TSY, Chang RSK. Clinical experience in diagnosis and management of acquired methaemoglobinaemia: a case report and retrospective review. Hong Kong Med J 2021; 27:366-369. [PMID: 34706989 DOI: 10.12809/hkmj209028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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- T T Chan
- Accident and Emergency Department, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong
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- Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong
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- Clinical Toxicology Department, United Christian Hospital, Hong Kong
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- Department of Paediatrics, Kwong Wah Hospital, Hong Kong
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Accident and Emergency Department, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong
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- Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong
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- Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong
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Tso WWY, Wong VCN, Xia X, Faragher B, Li M, Xu X, Ao L, Zhang X, Jiao FY, Du K, Shang X, Wong PTY, Challis D. The Griffiths Development Scales-Chinese (GDS-C): A cross-cultural comparison of developmental trajectories between Chinese and British children. Child Care Health Dev 2018; 44:378-383. [PMID: 29392794 DOI: 10.1111/cch.12548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2017] [Revised: 12/05/2017] [Accepted: 12/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The Griffiths Mental Development Scales (GMDS) are used in many countries to assess the development of children from birth to 8 years. There is a need for accurate and culturally appropriate developmental assessment tools for Chinese children. Here, we adapted the GMDS for use in Chinese children and compare the developmental trajectories between Chinese and British children. METHODS Children with typical development were recruited from 7 urban cities in China between 2009 and 2013. The Griffiths Mental Development Scales-Chinese (GDS-C) were adapted and used to assess the development of urban Chinese children. Developmental curves were computed for 6 subscales using learning management system methods and compare against the British curves from the Griffiths Mental Development Scales-Extended Revised (GMDS-ER). RESULTS The GDS-C were used to assess the developmental status of 815 Chinese children. Plots of the 1st, 5th, 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, 90th, 95th, and 99th percentiles, and full percentile tables were obtained, which showed similar trends to data from the British GMDS-ER. CONCLUSIONS The Chinese developmental curves obtained from the GDS-C showed similarities and differences to the developmental curves from the British GMDS-ER. The development of urban Chinese children should be assessed with the culturally appropriate GDS-C.
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- W W Y Tso
- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
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- Department of Paediatrics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
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- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK
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- Child Neuro-Habilitation Clinic, Department of Paediatrics, The First Hospital of Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Child Health Care Department, The Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Paediatrics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital of Xi'an Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Child Neurology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of ZhengZhou University, ZhengZhou, China
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- Department of Paediatrics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
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- Association for Research in Infant and Child Development, The Portland Hospital for Women and Children, London, UK
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