Quarantine During COVID-19 Outbreak: Eating Behavior, Perceived Stress, and Their Independently Associated Factors in a Brazilian Sample

Liboredo, Juliana Costa; Anastácio, Lucilene Rezende; Ferreira, Lívia Garcia; Oliveira, Lívya Alves; Lúcia, Ceres Mattos Della

doi:10.3389/fnut.2021.704619

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“…Socioeconomic data (age, gender, home state, per capita income, education level, home residents); labor situation and social isolation occurred by the pandemic; eating behaviors (assessed by Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire) ( 15 ); perceived stress (assessed by Perceived Stress Scale) ( 16 ); eating habits (meals, food intake, snacking, food delivery, cooking at home, food frequency) ( 17 ); and lifestyle (sleep, physical activity, smoke, alcohol, screen time) prior and/or during the COVID-19 pandemic were investigated as predictors of weight gain, according to Liboredo et al ( 18 ).…”

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Incidence and Associated Factors of Weight Gain During the Covid-19 Pandemic

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Introduction and AimsThe behavioral changes that arose from quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic may have impacted the weight of people. This study aims to investigate the incidence and predictors of weight gain during the quarantine period.MethodsAn online survey was performed five months after the social distance measures implementation. Participants recorded their current and usual weight before lockdown. A multivariate logistic regression model was performed.ResultsData on 1334 participants were evaluated (33.6y, 79.8% females), and 58.8% have gained weight (3.0 kg; 0.1 to 30.0 kg). Predictors of weight gain were increased food intake (OR = 5.40); snacking (OR = 2.86); fast food (OR = 1.11); canned products (OR = 1.08); and in physical activity (OR = 0.99) concerning the period before the pandemic; also time spent at work, including household chores (OR = 1.58); evening snack (OR = 1.54); higher frequency of alcoholic beverage intake (OR = 1.59) and dose of alcoholic beverage (OR = 1.11); uncontrolled eating (OR = 1.01), and vegetable intake (OR = 0.92) during the quarantine and physical activity before pandemic period (OR = 0.99).ConclusionMost participants have gained weight during the pandemic because of working changes, lifestyle, eating habits changes, and uncontrolled eating behavior. These results can be useful to encourage changes during future quarantine periods to prevent weight gain.

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“…The association between emotional eating and psychological distress and emotional dysregulation has also been described during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in young Italian adults, especially in women [ 51 ]. Furthermore, the Brazilian study showed an independent association between emotional eating and perceived stress during the quarantine related to the COVID-19 outbreak, while perceived stress was independently associated with changes in the way of working or studying, worse sleep quality, and younger age [ 52 ]. Poor sleep quality and younger age as the risk factors of emotional eating were also described in the Turkish population [ 53 ].…”

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Relationship between Mental Health and Emotional Eating during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review

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Olszanecka-Glinianowicz

2022

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Obesity is one of the most dangerous epidemics of the 21st century. In 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic began and caused many deaths among patients with obesity with and without complications. Simultaneously, the lockdown related to the COVID-19 pandemic caused a host of emotional problems including anxiety, depression, and sleep disturbances. Many people began to cope with their emotions by increasing food (emotional eating) and alcohol consumption and in combination with decreased physical activity, promoted the development of overweight and obesity. Emotional eating, also known as stress eating, is defined as the propensity to eat in response to positive and negative emotions and not physical need. It should be noted that emotional eating may be the first step in the development of binge eating disorder and its extreme subtypes such as food addiction. Interestingly in some post-bariatric surgery patients, an increased frequency of addictive disorders has been observed, for example food addiction replaced by alcohol addiction called: “cross addiction” or “addiction transfer”. This data indicates that obesity should be treated as a psychosomatic disease, in the development of which external factors causing the formation of negative emotions may play a significant role. Currently, one of these factors is the COVID-19 pandemic. This manuscript discusses the relationships between the COVID-19 pandemic and development of emotional eating as well as potential implications of the viral pandemic on the obesity pandemic, and the need to change the approach to the treatment of obesity in the future.

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“…It has been reported that perceived stress was significantly associated with emotional eating (43,44) . Liboredo et al stated that the participants snacked more frequently and increased their food intake during the quarantine period (44) . In the study conducted in Turkey; it was observed that https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980022002579 Published online by Cambridge University Press Accepted manuscript the majority of the participants had changes in their emotional states such as anxiety, stress, and irritability after COVID-19, and these changes increased their food intake (45) .…”

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Evaluation of perceived depression, anxiety, stress levels and emotional eating behaviours and their predictors among adults during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Yurtdaş

Çalik

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Objective: This study aimed to (1) evaluate the prevalence and predictors of perceived depression, anxiety, stress (DAS) levels and emotional eating behaviours, (2) determine the correlations between DAS levels and emotional eating behaviours during the pandemic. Design: An online cross-sectional study included questions about demographic and anthropometric characteristics, dietary habits, Emotional Appetite Questionnaire (EMAQ), and Depression Anxiety Stress Scales. The snowball sampling method was used. Setting: Turkiye. Participants: The study population was 2002 adults aged ≥18 years. Result: The mean age was 27.1±9.52 years (72.1% females, 27.9% males). The prevalence of moderate to severe depression, anxiety, and stress was reported as 27.8%, 30.5%, and 30.7%, respectively. Skipping meals (OR=1.32, 95% CI=1.14-1.49) was associated with depression. Weight gain (OR=1.43, 95% CI =1.19-1.66; OR=1.30, 95% CI=1.14-1.49; OR=1.39, 95% CI=1.14-1.64), weight loss (OR=1.45, 95% CI = 1.20-1.70; OR=1.37, 95% CI=1.11-1.62; OR=1.46, 95% CI=1.20-1.72), exercising at least 150 minutes per week (OR=0.64, 95% CI = 0.46- 0.83; OR= 0.73, 95% CI = 0.55-0.92; OR=0.83, 95% CI =0.63-1.02), and maintaining an adequate and balanced diet (OR=0.52, 95% Cl=0.33-0.71; OR=0.53, 95% CI =0.34-0.73; OR=0.63, 95% CI =-0.15-0.35) were associated with depression, anxiety, and stress, respectively. Body mass index (r=0.169, p<0.001), weight (r=0.152, p<0.001), number of snacks (r=0.102, p=0.011), depression (r=0.060, p=0.007), anxiety (r=0.061, p=0.006), and stress (r=0.073, p=0.001) levels were positively correlated with EMAQ-negative scores. Conclusion: Approximately one out of every three participants reported moderate to severe DAS levels. Emotional eating was significantly correlated with perceived DAS. The predictors obtained in the study suggest that a healthy diet and lifestyle behaviours are part of psychological well-being and emotional eating.

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Quarantine During COVID-19 Outbreak: Eating Behavior, Perceived Stress, and Their Independently Associated Factors in a Brazilian Sample

Cited by 25 publications

References 46 publications

Incidence and Associated Factors of Weight Gain During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Incidence and Associated Factors of Weight Gain During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Relationship between Mental Health and Emotional Eating during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review

Evaluation of perceived depression, anxiety, stress levels and emotional eating behaviours and their predictors among adults during the COVID-19 pandemic

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