Impacts on dietary habits and health of Indian population during COVID-19 lockdown

Kumar, Ramasamy Rajesh; Dhanaraj, Saravanakumari Arumugham; Saini, Rashmi; Kumari, Punita; Roy, Priyanka; Paul, Sayan

doi:10.17511/ijphr.2020.i06.01

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“…A review published in India emphasized lifestyle behavioral programs using e-Platform to improve the lifestyle of youth during such lockdowns [18]. There are limited studies done in India [2,[19][20][21][22] showing the pattern of diet and lifestyle change among college students as an impact of lockdown due to ongoing pandemic. Therefore, the present study aimed to check the same among college students of east India with the objectives to find out the proportion of college students having a change in lifestyle and dietary pattern before and during lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19.…”

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Impact of Lockdown due to COVID-19 on lifestyle and diet pattern of college students of Eastern India: A cross-sectional survey

Nirala¹,

Naik

Rao

et al. 2022

Nepal J Epidemiology

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Background: The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown measures to confine it has disrupted the routine of the public. The impact of such long-term confinements on the lifestyle and diet of students are not known and hence this study was designed to assess the impact of lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic on the lifestyle and diet of university students. Methods: An online cross-sectional survey among 622 university students across various educational institutes of east India using a pre-designed questionnaire about lifestyle-diet before and during the lockdown. Results were tabulated and statistical tests like Paired t-test, Wilcoxon Rank sign test, and Mc-Nemar tests were applied and overall significance was attributed to P<0.05. Results: During the lockdown a total of 2.4% (95% CI: 1.4-3.8%) decrease in prevalence of tobacco use, 8.7% (95% CI: 6.6-11%) decrease in physical activity and a 0.8 hour (95% CI: 0.6-0.9 hour) increase in the mean sleep duration was observed. There was a significant increase in use of fresh fruits consumption [Median(IQR)-before:2(1-5);during:3(1-5) days] and a decrease in meat-poultry[Median(IQR)-before: 2(0-3);during: 1(0-3)days] and junk food[Median(IQR)-before:1(0-2);during:0(0-2)days] consumption during the lockdown. Conclusion: A significant proportion of changes in lifestyle and frequency of consumption of certain food items in the dietary pattern during the lockdown.

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