Insulation affected children's health

Karantina may have brought long - term effects on children's health. Pandemia influenced them in another way. Children are not in danger of death, for it seems that the virus affects them little or no at all in light stages, but the main consequences are related to their closure. The closure so long has made them more sedentary.

Research into children's behavior during these times says their diets first changed. A new study of “Obesity”, a scientific magazine, has concluded that the time of staying by telephone, TV, or computer increased by an average of 5 hours a day, and this was accompanied by high consumption of unhealthy foods. So more time without movement and more unhealthy food. During this time children have also been bombarded with foods such as chips, cookies, chocolates, and soda. The odds are that the appetite for them continues after quarantine.

According to a University of Wisconsin study, children over the age of 10 engaged about 50% less in physical activity during the pandemic. Anthony Okely, of Wollongong University, Australia, says that children who spend more time on screen than they do running or being on the move are more likely to have such behavior in adolescence.

Sleep deprivation was another problem. Children's sleep patterns changed, they would sleep later than usual, and they would later wake up. Such behavior is accompanied by a lack of concentration and can also increase the weight of a child.

All these effects, they were in part, due to school closure. Schools not only provide a structure for students ' lives, giving them less time to telephone, sharing mealtimes, and taking them to bed earlier, but also assists their parents in better management of time. They also force children to move more.

In general, sport is one of the victims of pandemic. Children playing a sport are less likely to be obese, smoke or take drugs, according to a study by the Aspen Institute, Washington. They also tend to get higher grades and provide jobs with better salaries in the future. All of this is accompanied by better long-term health, but unfortunately, the children's interest in the sport has dropped behind the pandemic and a much smaller number of records in different sports courses are noticed, now that isolation is over. This is also because parents feel that children can become infected in such environments, since pandemic is still on the move.

For many children, the effects of isolation can last for years.

Source Layer: The Economist