COVID-19 И ОЖИРЕНИЕ У ДЕТЕЙ, ИЛИ К ЧЕМУ ПРИВОДИТ ДИСТАНЦИОННОЕ ОБУЧЕНИЕ

Abstract

The epidemiological situation in the country in recent years has led to an increase in the prevalence of childhood obesity, which was facilitated by quarantine measures, school closures and, as a result, restriction of children's access to healthy school meals, reduced control, and inactivity. And the Union of Pediatricians of Russia confirms the factors proven by world medical practice about the relationship between overweight and covid-19: adipose tissue contributes to better penetration of the coronavirus and increases the duration of virus persistence by 42%; obese people are more likely to have other chronic diseases, which, in turn, increase the risk of severe COVID-19. Therefore, the purpose of our work was to assess the mutual influence of COVID-19 and obesity in children, to optimize the “pron-position” method for patients with COVID-19 and overweight. We conducted preventive examinations of 366 students of the Lyceum of Philosophy and Planetary Humanism before and after quarantine measures and analyzed the medical histories of 54 children diagnosed with a New Coronavirus infection who were hospitalized in the infectious department of the Samara Regional Children's Infectious Hospital. As a result of our research, we observe a tendency for the growth of overweight children and a decrease in the level of health in the children's population of the Samara region, which directly indicates the need to introduce new preventive measures for children of the Samara region that can popularize a healthy lifestyle among students. And the product we developed made it possible to improve well-being and enhance the effectiveness of therapy in patients diagnosed with COVID-19, including overweight patients.