Religion and Pandemic Weight Gain: A Refuge from the Storm?
Journal of Psychology and Theology
; 2023.
Article
in English
| Web of Science | ID: covidwho-2326784
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic was an inherently stressful global crisis that was associated with weight gain for over 40% of the American public. Building on previous research, we draw on recently collected national survey data from the United States to examine the effects of religious attendance (both in-person and virtual), the sense of divine control, and religious/spiritual (R/S) struggles on pandemic weight gain. A series of logistic regression models were conducted. Our findings suggest that divine control and monthly in-person religious attendance were associated with a lower risk of pandemic weight gain, while R/S struggles were associated with a higher risk of weight gain. Our results reveal the complex role that religiosity can play with respect to pandemic weight gain.
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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English
Journal:
Journal of Psychology and Theology
Year:
2023
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Article
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