ABSTRACT
Objective: To verify the influence of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2021 on daily routine, diet and behavior, considering nutritional status. Materials and methods: This is a cross sectional study of observational, analytical and descriptive character, carried out with adult women aged 21 to 40 years, between the months of August to October of the year 2021. Results: The study showed that women classified as overweight, in the age range of 31 to 40 years (17.05%;n=30;p=0.038);alluded to a poor state of health (17.24%;n=15;p<0.001);greater use of some type of medication (54.02%;n=47;p=0.016), main leaders by the demands of domestic nature (35.63%;n=31;p=0.027) or those requiring more effort (49.43%;n=43;p=0.006), also had higher frequency in the consumption of fresh foods, such as chuchu (64.37%;n=56;p=0.001), eggplant (64.37%;n=56;p=0.004), and zucchini (70.11%;n=61;p=0.008), as well as artificial soft drink (54.02%, n=47;p=0.035). The interviewees classified as eutrophic portrayed greater overall media influence of socially established standards (p=0.042);as well as greater confidence n regarding hunger and satiety signals in intuitive eating (p=0.014). Conclusion: There was influence of the Covid-19 pandemic according to nutritional status, the impact on everyday life was shown in overweight women to be more susceptible in changing their eating behavior and in eutrophic women to receive greater influence from the media and in their intuitive eating.