Objective:

To determine the change in the anthropometric parameters of the child and adolescent population, which occurred during pandemic period in boys and girls between 8 and 17 years of age, after the resumption of alternating academic activity.

Materials and method:

There were included 130 students from 8 to 17 years of age, through bioimpedatiometry using the InBody 170 scale, taking weight, lean mass, percentage of fat mass and total fat mass, height in cm with an InBody brand ultrasonic stadiometer.

Results:

It was found presence of excess weight in 36.1% of the population with predominance of overweight in females and obesity in males, lean mass 36.15% was below the range for age, being more frequent in the group of men than in women, total fat mass 40.76% was above the range for age and in percentage of total body fat 59.23% above the range for age, men showed greater body fat mass than women.

Conclusion:

Obesity and overweight in the school population in Colombia has grown notably in the pospandemic era, not only because of an increase in body weight that was greater than the ENSIN 2015 and a greater increase compared to that reported between 2010 and 2015 attributed to an abnormal body composition, with a high predominance of fat mass that exposes to an increased cardiometabolic risk related to the presence of lipotoxicity.

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