ESPE Abstracts

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic brought with it a state of alarm as of March 14, 2020, which implied a restriction on the mobility of the general population and home confinement. One of the main concerns raised by isolation was the substantial reduction in energy expenditure due to children spending more time sitting or participating in activities that involve very low rates of energy expenditure, such as watching television, managing the different networks social One of the nutrients that could be affected due to these changes in lifestyle is vitamin D The longitudinal observational study of a single cohort was carried out in boys and girls from Álava aged between 3-16 years, whose follow-up is carried out in the outpatient clinics of the University Hospital of Álava. For this study, data from a period prior to the lockdown (November 2019-February 2020) was compared with data from the period after the lockdown (May 2020-June 2020). Once the favorable opinion was obtained and after consulting the database of the Pediatric consultation of the University Hospital of Álava, it was observed that 230 girls and boys met the parameters for inclusion in the study. After eliminating those who did not have a previous or subsequent analysis of vitamin D, the sample size was reduced to 76

Results:

- An increase in size: they are in the growth phase.

- An increase in weight

- An increase in the body mass index: In this case, this index also increased from 19.5to19.9

- A drop in physical activity

- An increase in the number of hours that participants spent on electronic devices.

- An increase in the percentage of girls and boys who help in the kitchen: After confinement, the percentage increased to 70%.

- An increase in the weekly consumption of snacks (P<0.005).

- There were no changes in the number of daily meals, servings of fruit, vegetables, dairy products, fish, red meat, eggs or sugary drinks- There were no differences in the number of hours the participants slept before and during the lockdown.

- An increase in glucoset (P<0.005) although both parameters are within normal values.

- An increase in vitamin D: 22.35 ng/dL on average, which rose to 25.57 ng/dL. This difference is significant (P<0.005), although both parameters are within normal levels. This increase may be due to the fact that after confinement the population wanted to go out and took more time in the street. In addition, shops and interior sites were closed.