Associations of sedentary behaviours and incidence of unhealthy diet during the COVID-19 quarantine in Brazil.
Public Health Nutr
; 24(3): 422-426, 2021 02.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1057674
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Our aim was to analyse the association of change patterns on TV-viewing and computer/tablet use and incidence of elevated consumption of ultra-processed food consumption and lower consumption of fruits and vegetables during the COVID-19 pandemic.DESIGN:
Data of 39 208 Brazilian adults from a Behaviour Web Survey were used. Unhealthy nutrition habits were eating fruits or vegetables for <5 d/week and ultra-processed food (sugary foods, snacks, ready-to-eat frozen foods and embedded foods) for ≥5 d/week. For incidence indicators, we only considered participants without unhealthy behaviour before the quarantine. We created four categories of change in TV-viewing and computer/tablet use, considering a cut-off point of 4 h/d for each behaviour (1 - consistently low, 2 - become low during the quarantine, 3 - become high during the quarantine or 4 - consistently high). Analyses were adjusted for sex, age group, highest academic achievement, per capita income, working status during the quarantine, skin colour and adherence to the quarantine.SETTING:
Brazil.PARTICIPANTS:
Brazilian adults (nationally representative).RESULTS:
Logistic regression models revealed that high TV-viewing and computer/tablet use incidence were associated with higher odds for elevated frequency of ultra-processed food consumption (TV-viewing OR 1·70; 95 % CI 1·37, 2·12; computer/tablet OR 1·73; 95 % CI 1·31, 2·27) and low consumption of fruit and vegetables (TV-viewing OR 1·70; 95 % CI 1·29, 2·23; computer/tablet OR 1·53; 95 % CI 1·08, 2·17) incidence. Consistent high computer/tablet use also presented higher odds for incidence of elevated frequency of ultra-processed food consumption.CONCLUSIONS:
Participants with incidence of sedentary behaviours were also more likely to present incidence of unhealthy diet during the COVID-19 pandemic quarantine.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Diet
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Feeding Behavior
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Sedentary Behavior
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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Young adult
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
Journal:
Public Health Nutr
Journal subject:
Nutritional Sciences
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Public Health
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S1368980020004188
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