Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on self-managed weight loss journeys

Changes in health behaviours during early COVID-19 and socio-demographic disparities: a cross-sectional analysis

“…A Statistics Canada report found that Canadians increased their use of alcohol precipitously, cannabis to a lesser degree, and tobacco marginally (Roterman 2020). Contrary to anecdotal media reports touting improved diets, international studies reported increased calorie intake and consumption of junk food (Ammar et al 2020;Ramachandran and Gill 2020), resulting partly from stress and anxiety, and partly from additional unstructured time during the day and greater potential exposure to junk food advertisements or habitual consumption of junk food while watching TV (Scully et al 2009).…”

COVID 19-Induced Smell and Taste Impairments: Putative Impact on Physiology

“…Many factors have been identified in weight loss and sarcopenia/cachexia ( Morley et al, 2020 ). Furthermore, many confounding factors (independent of the increase in energy expenditure related to inflammatory phenomena) may interfere with weight changes linked to taste and smell dysfunctions and food intake reduction, and may be related to change in food and physical activity, sleeping habits, anxiety and depression ( Almandoz et al, 2020 ; Fernandez-Rio et al, 2020 ; Gualtieri et al, 2020 ; Ramachandran and Gill, 2020 ; Zachary et al, 2020 ). Thus, in absence of studies investigating the direct effect of smell and taste dysfunctions on food intake and preference, it is difficult to quantify precisely their effect in humans.…”

Eating behaviors and weight outcomes in bariatric surgery patients amidst COVID-19

“…Finally, the emotional instability resulting from this pandemic may increase the risk of developing dysfunctional eating patterns [5]. Among individuals with obesity, emerging research suggests significant difficulties in achieving weight loss goals, and less physical exercise time and intensity during lockdown [4,6]. Stress eating [4], eating out of boredom [6], along with increased food consumption and more opportunities to eat, have also been pointed as obstacles by individuals engaging in self-managed weight loss during COVID-19 lockdown [6].…”