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Covid-19: come la pandemia ha aumentato la food insecurity e alterato il regime alimentare nelle famiglie italiane
Covid-19: how the pandemic has increased food insecurity and altered the italian families diet
Arianna Dondi1, Egidio Candela2, Francesca Morigi2, Jacopo Lenzi3, Marcello Lanari1
1UOC di Pediatria dUrgenza, Pronto Soccorso e Osservazione Breve Intensiva, IRCCS - AOU di Bologna
2Scuola di Specializzazione in Pediatria - Alma Mater Studiorum, Universit di Bologna, Italia
3Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie, Alma Mater Studiorum, Universit di Bologna
Maggio 2021 - pagg. 315 -320 | DOI: 10.53126/MEB40315
Abstract
Background - The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic and subsequent containment measures are causing a worldwide increase in food insecurity (FI). Food insecurity has been related to a number of negative health implications, particularly for the most vulnerable population, including children and adolescents.
Aim - To investigate the effects on FI during the lockdown in Italy and the changes in eating habits and body weight in the paediatric population 6 months after the beginning of the pandemic.
Materials and Methods - An online anonymous cross-sectional survey was elaborated and proposed to the parents of children < 18 years old.
Results - 8.3% reported that their families were at risk of FI before the outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. This percentage dramatically doubled after the pandemic began. Moreover, 27.3% of the parents reported that their children were eating more, with a concomitant increase in junk food consumption. About one third of respondents declared an increase in childrens weight, while weight loss were uncommon and prevailed among adolescents. It was observed that parents higher age, higher parents school grade and working parents were protective factors against FI.
Conclusion - Since the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is requiring restrictions again, it is crucial that health care and social protection programmes take into account concepts of equity and sustainability to ensure adequate food and nutrition security for everyone.
Materials and Methods - An online anonymous cross-sectional survey was elaborated and proposed to the parents of children < 18 years old.
Results - 8.3% reported that their families were at risk of FI before the outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. This percentage dramatically doubled after the pandemic began. Moreover, 27.3% of the parents reported that their children were eating more, with a concomitant increase in junk food consumption. About one third of respondents declared an increase in childrens weight, while weight loss were uncommon and prevailed among adolescents. It was observed that parents higher age, higher parents school grade and working parents were protective factors against FI.
Conclusion - Since the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is requiring restrictions again, it is crucial that health care and social protection programmes take into account concepts of equity and sustainability to ensure adequate food and nutrition security for everyone.
Riassunto
La pandemia da sindrome respiratoria acuta severa da coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) e le conseguenti misure di contenimento stanno causando un aumento della food insecurity (FI) in tutto il mondo. Alla FI sono associate numerose implicazioni negative in ambito sanitario che interessano in particolare i gruppi pi vulnerabili, compresi bambini e adolescenti. Lo scopo del nostro studio stato investigare gli effetti del lockdown in Italia rispetto alla FI, ai cambiamenti del regime dietetico e del peso in una popolazione pediatrica 6 mesi dopo linizio della pandemia. Per tale ragione, abbiamo sviluppato un questionario online rivolto a genitori di figli minorenni e residenti in Italia. L8,3% delle famiglie ha riportato di essere a rischio di FI gi prima della comparsa del Covid-19; questa percentuale drammaticamente raddoppiata dopo linizio della pandemia. Inoltre, il 27,3% dei genitori ha dichiarato che i loro figli si stavano alimentando maggiormente, e a questo si associava un aumento del consumo del cosiddetto cibo spazzatura. Allincirca un terzo degli intervistati ha osservato un aumento ponderale nei figli; al contrario, il calo ponderale stato raro ed prevalso soprattutto tra gli adolescenti. Et pi avanzata, maggior livello di scolarizzazione e posizione lavorativa stabile dei genitori sono risultati fattori protettivi per FI. Poich le restrizioni correlate alla pandemia da SARS-COV-2 sono ancora in atto, fondamentale che il sistema sanitario e i programmi di supporto sociale si ispirino sempre pi a concetti di uguaglianza e sostenibilit, per assicurare sicurezza alimentare e possibilit di procurarsi cibo adeguato per quantit e qualit a ognuno.
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