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

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 pr...

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Main Authors: Julien Steven Baker, Wei Liang, Jiao Jiao, Binh Quach, Frédéric Dutheil, Yang Gao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2021-04-01
Series:Physical Activity and Health
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Online Access:https://paahjournal.com/articles/92
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spelling doaj-5d1b8c37686343018d1deebfdfc5298f2021-05-10T08:07:37ZengUbiquity PressPhysical Activity and Health2515-22702021-04-015110.5334/paah.9259Obesity Prevention Environment: Is it Time to Empower Educators and Remobilize Schools in the Post-COVID-19 Period?Julien Steven Baker0Wei Liang1Jiao Jiao2Binh Quach3Frédéric Dutheil4Yang Gao5Centre for Health and Exercise Science Research, Department of Sport, Physical Education and Health, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong KongCentre for Health and Exercise Science Research, Department of Sport, Physical Education and Health, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong KongCentre for Health and Exercise Science Research, Department of Sport, Physical Education and Health, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong KongCentre for Health and Exercise Science Research, Department of Sport, Physical Education and Health, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong KongUniversity Hospital of Clermont-Ferrand, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, CHU Clermont-FerrandCentre for Health and Exercise Science Research, Department of Sport, Physical Education and Health, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong KongChildhood 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.https://paahjournal.com/articles/92childhood obesityeducatorschoolobesity preventioncovid-19policy
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Wei Liang
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Yang Gao
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Wei Liang
Jiao Jiao
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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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childhood obesity
educator
school
obesity prevention
covid-19
policy
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Wei Liang
Jiao Jiao
Binh Quach
Frédéric Dutheil
Yang Gao
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title Obesity Prevention Environment: Is it Time to Empower Educators and Remobilize Schools in the Post-COVID-19 Period?
title_short Obesity Prevention Environment: Is it Time to Empower Educators and Remobilize Schools in the Post-COVID-19 Period?
title_full Obesity Prevention Environment: Is it Time to Empower Educators and Remobilize Schools in the Post-COVID-19 Period?
title_fullStr Obesity Prevention Environment: Is it Time to Empower Educators and Remobilize Schools in the Post-COVID-19 Period?
title_full_unstemmed Obesity Prevention Environment: Is it Time to Empower Educators and Remobilize Schools in the Post-COVID-19 Period?
title_sort obesity prevention environment: is it time to empower educators and remobilize schools in the post-covid-19 period?
publisher Ubiquity Press
series Physical Activity and Health
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publishDate 2021-04-01
description 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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educator
school
obesity prevention
covid-19
policy
url https://paahjournal.com/articles/92
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