The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Childhood Obesity and Lifestyle-A Report from Italy.

During the COVID-19 lockdown, especially in the first wave of pandemic (March 2020), sedentary lifestyle and calorie intake increase in children became considerably more prevalent. The aim of the present paper was to evaluate changes in children's weights and nutritional habits during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. In this cross-sectional observational study, for 3 years, as part of the corporate wellness program (2019-2021) in Emilia Romagna region of Italy, anthropometric data of Ferrari car company employers' children were collected, analyzed, and compared.

Cardiovascular disease prevention in the worksite: Where are we?

The current guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology on cardiovascular (CV) disease prevention highlighted the importance of implementing coordinated set of action, including worksite, aimed at eliminating or minimizing the impact of CV disease and their related disabilities. Workplace wellness programs tend to focus on modifiable risk factors of non-communicable disease, such as nutrition, physical activity, and smoking cessation. However, nowadays, corporate wellness programs are still rare and incomplete, and usually received limited attention.

Limited diagnostic value of questionnaire-based pre-participation screening algorithms: a "risk-exposed" approach to sports activity.

Background: Several pre-participation screening algorithms (PPSAs) have been proposed to assess sports eligibility in different populations. They are usually based on self-administered questionnaires, without further medical assessment if no risk factors are documented. The Med-Ex "Formula Benessere" worksite program includes a complete cardiovascular (CV) screening for all participants.

Relationship Between Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Baseline Blood Pressure and Hypertensive Response to Exercise in the Ferrari Corporate Population.

Aim: To evaluate the incidence and clinical significance of impaired cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and the association with baseline blood pressure (BP) levels and hypertensive response to exercise (HRE).

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on a total sample of 2058 individuals with a mean age of 38 ± 9 years, enrolled for the first time at the Ferrari corporate wellness program "Formula Benessere", including a maximal exercise stress testing (EST). BP and heart rate (HR) values were obtained from EST at rest, during exercise and recovery time.

Usefulness of the corporate wellness projects in primary prevention at the population level: a study on the prevalence, awareness, and control of hypertension in the Ferrari company.

The aim of our study was to evaluate the prevalence, awareness, and control of hypertension in an apparently healthy company population. We conducted a cross-sectional study on a total sample of 2058 individuals with a mean age of 38 ± 9 years, enrolled for the first time to the Ferrari corporate wellness program "Formula Benessere". Hypertension was defined as systolic blood pressure (SBP) level ≥140 mmHg or diastolic BP (DBP) ≥90 mmHg or use of antihypertensive medication, whereas BP control was defined as BP level <130/80 mmHg.

Parental Perception of Children's Weight Status: Love Overpasses Scientific Evidence! A Cross-Sectional Observational Study.

Introduction: Age, gender, body mass index percentiles and the adherence to Mediterranean diet were investigated as potential predictor factors in this assessment.

Aim: To assess the parental perception of children's weight status.

Methods: This cross-sectional observational study was carried out during a corporate wellness program (Ferrari Formula Benessere) implemented by Ferrari S.

Exercise stress test in apparently healthy individuals - where to place the finish line? The Ferrari corporate wellness programme experience.

Aims: The aim of our study was to assess the clinical significance of the exercise stress testing endpoints, namely 85% of maximal theoretical heart rate (MTHR), metabolic equivalent of task, and rating of perceived exertion (RPE), and their relation to electrocardiographic (ECG) changes in a healthy adult population.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 408 males and 52 females (mean age 39.4 ± 8.

Ferrari Corporate Wellness Program: Results of a Pilot Analysis and the "Drag" Impact in the Workplace.

Introduction: Preventive strategies based on advice and interventions on lifestyle habits represent the most powerful resource available to reduce the burden of cardiovascular (CV) diseases. Workplace represents an unmissable context for lifestyle changes at population level.

Aim: To evaluate the mid-term efficacy of a corporate wellness program in a cohort of healthy and physically active employees of the Ferrari car manufacturer.

Patterns of ventricular tachyarrhythmias associated with training, deconditioning and retraining in elite athletes without cardiovascular abnormalities.

Ventricular tachyarrhythmias commonly occur in trained athletes during ambulatory Holter electrocardiography and are usually associated with a benign course. Such arrhythmias have been demonstrated to be sensitive to short periods of athletic deconditioning; however, their response to retraining is not known. Twenty-four hour Holter electrocardiographic monitoring was performed at peak training and after 3 to 6 months of deconditioning and was repeated in the present study after 2, 6, and 12 months of retraining in 37 athletes with frequent and complex ventricular tachyarrhythmias and without cardiovascular abnormalities.

Relation between training-induced left ventricular hypertrophy and risk for ventricular tachyarrhythmias in elite athletes.

The aim of this study was to analyze the relation between the magnitude of training-induced left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy and the frequency and complexity of ventricular tachyarrhythmias in a large population of elite athletes without cardiovascular abnormalities. Ventricular tachyarrhythmias are a common finding in athletes, but it is unresolved as to whether the presence or magnitude of LV hypertrophy is a determinant of these arrhythmias in athletes without cardiovascular abnormalities. From 738 athletes examined at a national center for the evaluation of elite Italian athletes, 175 consecutive elite athletes with 24-hour ambulatory (Holter) electrocardiographic recordings (but without cardiovascular abnormalities and symptoms) were selected for the study group.

Impact of physical deconditioning on ventricular tachyarrhythmias in trained athletes.

Objectives: The purpose of this research was to evaluate the impact of athletic training and, in particular, physical deconditioning, on frequent and/or complex ventricular tachyarrhythmias assessed by 24-h ambulatory (Holter) electrocardiogram (ECG).

Background: Sudden deaths in athletes are usually mediated by ventricular tachyarrhythmias.

Methods: Twenty-four hour ambulatory ECGs were recorded at peak training and after a deconditioning period of 19 +/- 6 weeks (range, 12 to 24 weeks) in a population of 70 trained athletes selected on the basis of frequent and/or complex ventricular tachyarrhythmias (i.

Long-term clinical significance of frequent and complex ventricular tachyarrhythmias in trained athletes.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to clarify the clinical relevance of ventricular tachyarrhythmias assessed by 24-h ambulatory electrocardiograms (ECG) in a large, unique, and prospectively evaluated athletic population.

Background: For athletes with ventricular tachyarrhythmias, the risk of sudden cardiac death associated with participation in competitive sports is unresolved. METHODS; We assessed 355 competitive athletes with ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) on a 24-h ambulatory (Holter) ECG that was obtained because of either palpitations, the presence of > or = 3 premature ventricular depolarizations (PVDs) on resting 12-lead ECG, or both.