Body mass index in young men in Switzerland after the national shutdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic: results from a cross-sectional monitoring study at the population level since 2010.
Background Owing to the coronavirus disease pandemic, the Swiss goverment imposed a shutdown twice in 2020, which may have changed diet and physical activity. Regarding the question of weight change during the pandemic, little information based on measured weight data is available. We aimed to inves...
| Publicado en: | European Journal of Public Health Vol. 32; no. 6; pp. 955 - 962 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Dec2022
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