Karnika Singh, Sarah C Armstrong, Brooke E Wagner, Julie Counts, Asheley Skinner, Melissa Kay, Jennifer S Li, Svati Shah, Nancy Zucker, Cody Neshteruk, Mary Story, Lilianna Suarez, William E Kraus, Alexandra R Zizzi, Jessilyn Dunn
Daily routines, including in-person school and extracurricular activities, are important for maintaining healthy physical activity and sleep habits in children. The COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted daily routines as in-person school and activities closed to prevent spread of SARS-CoV-2. We aimed to examine and assess differences in objectively measured physical activity levels and sleep patterns from wearable sensors in children with obesity before, during, and after a period of school and extracurricular activity closures associated with the COVID-19 pandemic...
March 16, 2024: NPJ Digital Medicine