Lifestyles in adults in total quarantine and partial quarantine, during the COVID-19 pandemic

The pandemic containment strategy implemented in the country in its first months considered keeping the population in preventive quarantine, either total (CT) or partial (CP). The study aimed to determine the differences and similarities between the lifestyles (EV) of adults in CT and CP, during the COVID-19 pandemic. A comparative cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out. Four hundred adults from country ' s central zone, aged between 20 to 59 years were selected with a non-probabilistic sampling for convenience using different virtual communication networks. The EV were assessed by the FANTASTIC Questionnaire. Student's t-test and Mann-Whitney U test were used to compare the CT and CP groups;and Cohen's d to measure effect size. The main results were that both groups reported moderate and high levels of EV, highlighting the total absence of Dangerous EV. In comparative terms, the CP group presented better EV scores in general and at a specific level in the domains of Associativity and physical activity, Nutrition, Tobacco, Alcohol and other drugs, Sleep and stress, Insight and Other behaviors;all with a small effect size. It is conclud-ed that adults in PC have healthier EV than those in CT. It is deduced that the conditions proposed by CT negatively affect healthy EV in adults.

Nutritional status, level of physical activity and eating habits, in university students from the Maule Region during the COVID-19 pandemic period

The present study aims to determine the eating habits, nutritional status and level of physical activity in pandemic period of university students in the Maule Region. It corresponded to a descriptive, cross-sectional, non-experimental quantitative approach. The population was made up of 1.253 young adults (21.22??2.27 years) who are studying between the first and last year of undergraduate university. Two questionnaires were applied: National Health Survey (Chile) and International Questionnaire of Physical Activity (IQPA). Regarding the results, it was observed that: on average the entire sample increased two kilograms of body weight compared to the pre-pandemic period. Regarding the level of physical activity and in relation to the MET??S spent by both men and women, they do not reach the minimum weekly recommendations. In addition, women reported a higher prevalence of sedentary lifestyle. Students during the period of confinement as a result of the pandemic, report good eating habits, most of them have a normal nutritional status (BMI) and regarding the level of physical activity, a high percentage does not reach the minimum recommendations established by the WHO.