The Impact of Covid-19 Related School Closures on Children's Weight Status

Covid-19 相关学校停课对儿童体重状况的影响

基本信息

批准号：
10466965
负责人：
Punam Ohri-Vachaspati
金额：
$ 74.93万
依托单位：
RUTGERS BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2020
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2020-09-21 至 2023-08-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10466965
关键词：
Address Affect Body mass index COVID-19 COVID-19 impact COVID-19 pandemic Catchment Area Characteristics Child Cities Communities Coronavirus Data Data Collection Dimensions Disasters Elements Eligibility Determination Emergency Situation Environment Family Food Food Assistance Programs Food Safety Funding Future Generations Health Height Interruption K-12 student Knowledge Length Literature Long-Term Effects Low income Measurement Measures Minority Groups New Jersey Nurses Nutritional Obesity Outcome Parents Physical activity Policies Population Prevalence Price Readiness Research School Enrollments Schools Social isolation Structure Students Time Time Series Analysis Unhealthy Diet United States Department of Agriculture United States National Institutes of Health Weight Weight Gain Weights and Measures adult obesity burden of illness community-level factor coronavirus disease cost delivered meals dietary disorder prevention energy balance excessive weight gain experience falls feeding food insecurity improved lower income families obesity in children operation pandemic coronavirus pandemic disease post-COVID-19 programs protective effect psychological distress response safety net sedentary trend analysis

项目摘要

Project Summary The proposed project has two aims: 1) to assess the short and long-term impact of school closures mandated by the COVID-19 pandemic on students’ weight status, and 2) to examine the mitigating potential of child-targeted food assistance programs implemented during the closures. While there is some evidence that interruptions in school during summer recess result in weight gain among children in elementary grades, we have little basis for predicting the effects of a hiatus of unprecedented length, 6 months or more posed by the coronavirus. Pursuant to the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, the USDA extended the summer feeding program to deliver meals to children during the pandemic-related school closures; the USDA also authorized emergency food assistance through Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer cards for out-of-school children who qualify for school meals programs. While summer meals have been provided in the past to some students through summer meals programs, research establishing the adequacy of these programs in addressing weight status is lacking. To address the study aims, we will collect and analyze nurse-measured heights and weights data on children attending 120 public schools serving low-income children in New Jersey. Interrupted times series analyses will be applied to data collected prior to school closures, during four school years (SY) between 2013-14 and 2019-20 (approximately 30,000 students per year); and an additional two school years post-closure, one coinciding with the re-opening of schools (SY2020-21) and the other two years later (SY2022-23). For the same school years, we will incorporate, as covariates, annual data on school food and physical activity (PA) environments that have been found to be associated with weight status, as well as measures of the surrounding food and PA environment known to affect obesity rates. New data on operation and reach of the two federal, child-targeted food assistance programs in school catchment areas over the course of school closures will be collected to establish the mitigating potential of these programs. The proposed study will make a unique contribution to our understanding of the long-term effects of a key dimension of federal obesity policy affecting some thirty million predominantly low-income children – provision of free and reduced priced school meals. As such, the findings will be critical to our readiness to respond to future disasters and to our efforts to assure the adequacy of the food safety net.

项目概要拟议项目有两个目标：1）评估学校停课的短期和长期影响 COVID-19 大流行对学生体重状况的强制要求，以及 2) 检查减轻体重的潜力虽然有一些证据表明，在关闭期间实施了针对儿童的粮食援助计划。暑假期间停课导致小学儿童体重增加，我们几乎没有依据来预测前所未有的、长达 6 个月或更长时间的中断的影响根据《家庭第一冠状病毒应对法案》，美国农业部延长了夏季。美国农业部还制定了在与大流行相关的学校关闭期间为儿童提供膳食的供餐计划；通过大流行病电子福利转移卡为校外学生授权紧急粮食援助过去曾向一些有资格参加学校供餐计划的儿童提供夏季餐食。学生通过暑期项目膳食，研究确定这些项目的充分性缺乏解决体重状况的问题为了实现研究目标，我们将收集并分析护士测量的体重。新泽西州 120 所为低收入儿童提供服务的公立学校就读的儿童的身高和体重数据。中断时间序列分析将应用于学校停课前、四个学校期间收集的数据 2013-14 学年至 2019-20 学年（每年约 30,000 名学生）；另外还有两年关闭后的学年，其中一个学年与学校重新开放 (SY2020-21) 一致，另外两年稍后（SY2022-23），对于同一学年，我们将纳入学校食品的年度数据作为协变量。和体力活动 (PA) 环境已被发现与体重状况相关，以及已知影响肥胖率的周围食物和 PA 环境的测量新数据。以及两个针对儿童的联邦粮食援助计划在学校学区的覆盖范围将收集学校关闭的过程，以确定这些计划的缓解潜力。拟议的研究将为我们理解关键因素的长期影响做出独特的贡献影响大约三千万主要是低收入儿童的联邦肥胖政策的维度——规定因此，调查结果对于我们是否做好应对准备至关重要。未来的灾难以及我们确保食品安全网充分性的努力。