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Changes in weight and nutritional habits in adults with obesity during the “lockdown” period caused by the COVID-19 virus emergency

Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
2020
Abstract:
Our aim is evaluating the changes in weight and dietary habits in a sample of outpatients with obesity after 1 month of enforced lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Italy. In this observational retrospective study, the patients of our Obesity Unit were invited to answer to a 12-question multiple-choice questionnaire relative to weight changes, working activity, exercise, dietary habits, and conditions potentially impacting on nutritional choices. A multivariate regression analysis was performed to evaluate the associations among weight/BMI changes and the analyzed variables. A total of 150 subjects (91.5%) completed the questionnaire. Mean self-reported weight gain was≈1.5 kg (p < 0.001). Lower exercise, self-reported boredom/solitude, anxiety/depression, enhanced eating, consumption of snacks, unhealthy foods, cereals, and sweets were correlated with a significantly higher weight gain. Multiple regression analyses showed that increased education (inversely, β =−1.15; 95%CI−2.13,−0.17, p = 0.022), self-reported anxiety/depression (β = 1.61; 0.53, 2.69, p = 0.004), and not consuming healthy foods (β = 1.48; 0.19, 2.77, p = 0.026) were significantly associated with increased weight gain. The estimated direct effect of self-reported anxiety/depression on weight was 2.07 kg (1.07, 3.07, p < 0.001). Individuals with obesity significantly gained weight 1 month after the beginning of the quarantine. The adverse mental burden linked to the COVID-19 pandemic was greatly associated with increased weight gain.
Tipologia CRIS:
03A-Articolo su Rivista
Keywords:
COVID-19 infection; Dietary habits; Lockdown; Obesity; Adult; Betacoronavirus; Body Mass Index; Coronavirus Infections; Feeding Behavior; Female; Humans; Italy; Male; Middle Aged; Obesity; Pandemics; Pneumonia, Viral; Quarantine; Regression Analysis; Retrospective Studies; Weight Gain
Elenco autori:
Pellegrini M.; Ponzo V.; Rosato R.; Scumaci E.; Goitre I.; Benso A.; Belcastro S.; Crespi C.; De Michieli F.; Ghigo E.; Broglio F.; Bo S.
Autori di Ateneo:
BENSO Andrea Silvio
BO Simona
BROGLIO Fabio
GHIGO Ezio
GOITRE ILARIA
ROSATO Rosalba
Link alla scheda completa:
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1750026
Link al Full Text:
https://iris.unito.it/retrieve/handle/2318/1750026/642550/nutrients-12-02016%20(1).pdf
Pubblicato in:
NUTRIENTS
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