Eating behavior of students at the Technical University of Moldova during the isolation period
Food and Nutrition Sciences
; 13(2):108-123, 2022.
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in English
| CAB Abstracts | ID: covidwho-1771492
ABSTRACT
Appetizing peculiarities are formed from childhood and can vary throughout life. Although they are conditioned by genetic factors, over time, the internal regulation of eating behaviors is reduced, being influenced by a complex interaction of various external factors. According to the Behavioral Susceptibility (BST) Theory of Obesity, Food Sensitivity in Response to Food Stimuli (such as Food Sight and Smell) and Satiety Responsiveness (i.e. the ability to adjust diet in response to internal feelings of satiety) contribute to individual differences in terms of energy intake and weight status. The present research intended to assess the eating patterns and behavior of Moldovan students, especially those from Technical University of Moldova during the social isolation imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The study was conducted, based on the questionnaires (AEBQ - Adult Eating Behavior Questionnaire), on a group of 602 students from Technical University of Moldova. Participation in the survey was entirely voluntary, did not involve any invasive procedure, nor did it induce changes in participants' food patterns. The obtained results could contribute to the formation of the database for the study of the behavioral phenotype associated with the risk of obesity, but also for the study of eating behavior in crises. The questionnaire was distributed, in the form of a link, on the corporate emails of all TUM students. Respondents completed the questionnaire on the Google platform between 13.10.2021 - 25.11.2021, and the final database has been downloaded as a Microsoft Excel file. It was established a positive correlation between, Emotional Over-Eating and Emotional Under-Eating. Nervousness and anger were the most incriminating emotions of students that would cause both overeating and under eating. The results of the AEBQ questionnaire appear to be largely in line with previous studies, and the collected data present interest, in particular to prevent the risk of obesity.
Social Psychology and Social Anthropology [UU485]; Diet Studies [VV110]; appetite; body weight; coronavirus disease 2019; diets; eating patterns; emotions; energy intake; feeding behaviour; feeding habits; food; food intake; obesity; overeating; phenotypes; risk; satiety; social isolation; stimuli; university students; man; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Moldova; Homo; Hominidae; primates; mammals; vertebrates; Chordata; animals; eukaryotes; Central Europe; Europe; high Human Development Index countries; upper-middle income countries; Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus; Betacoronavirus; Coronavirinae; Coronaviridae; Nidovirales; positive-sense ssRNA Viruses; ssRNA Viruses; RNA Viruses; viruses; feeding behavior; behavior; eating habits; fatness; SARS-CoV-2
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Food and Nutrition Sciences
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2022
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