Abstract
The Journal is the primary organ of Continuing Paediatric Medical Education in Sri Lanka. The journal also has a website. Free full text access is available for all readers.The Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health is now indexed in SciVerse Scopus (Source Record ID 19900193609), Index Medicus for South-East Asia Region (IMSEAR), CABI (Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International Global Health Database), DOAJ and is available in Google, as well as Google Scholar.The policies of the journal are modelled on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Guidelines on Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health is recognised by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) as a publication following the ICMJE Recommendations.
Highlights
There are various reasons that lead to the frequent use of high-calorie foods; among them the confinement in the home environment which, having caused a reduction in the purchase of fresh food, in order to reduce the number of outings from home, has led to an increase in supplies with processed food
A reduction in physical activity, which is basically linked to daily activities such as going to school or walking; 2
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Summary
Role of nutrition and sedentariness in children's health in times of SARSCOV-2 pandemics – A viewpoint from Italy. Children and adolescents have been little affected by the current pandemic, both in terms of the number of infections and clinical manifestations, but the health of children can still be compromised during a prolonged lockdown, such as the one we had in Italy from 9th March to 4th May 2020 This period has determined: Another cause is the seductive effect of television advertising, especially when it invites the purchase of industrial snacks and over-calorie foods or drinks. During children's television programmes commercials for packaged food are broadcast very frequently, even more than other commercials such as for toys and books, contributing to an increase in risk factors for non-communicable diseases related to overconsumption of industrial foods, rich in salt or refined sugars[1,2] This contributes significantly to the obesogenic environment, a well-described cause of childhood obesity[3]. A frequent use of high-calorie, sweetened or savoury packaged foods
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