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Eating in the lockdown during the Covid 19 pandemic; self-reported changes in eating behaviour, and associations with BMI, eating style, coping and health anxiety.
Coulthard, Helen; Sharps, Maxine; Cunliffe, Louise; van den Tol, Annemieke.
  • Coulthard H; School of Applied Social Sciences, Faculty of Health & Life Sciences, De Montfort University, Leicester, LE1 9BH, United Kingdom. Electronic address: hcoulthard@dmu.ac.uk.
  • Sharps M; School of Applied Social Sciences, Faculty of Health & Life Sciences, De Montfort University, Leicester, LE1 9BH, United Kingdom.
  • Cunliffe L; School of Applied Social Sciences, Faculty of Health & Life Sciences, De Montfort University, Leicester, LE1 9BH, United Kingdom.
  • van den Tol A; School of Psychology, University of Lincoln, Brayford Wharf East, Lincoln, LN5 7AY, United Kingdom.
Appetite ; 161: 105082, 2021 06 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1163352
ABSTRACT
The global coronavirus pandemic (Covid 19) resulted in national lockdowns where individuals were asked to isolate in their homes to stop the spread of the disease. Using a cross-sectional survey, the current paper aimed to examine self-reported changes in eating patterns and behaviour during the lockdown in the UK, and associations with BMI, demographic variables, eating styles, health anxiety, food insecurity and coping strategies. Participants (N = 620) were recruited online through social media advertising. The results showed that there were self-reported changes to food consumption during the lockdown across the sample. Increases in consumption of HED (high energy density) snack foods during the lockdown was associated with sex, pre-lockdown eating behaviour (emotional eating and uncontrolled eating), and Covid-specific health anxiety. Increases in positive eating practices such as eating more home prepared foods, and fruits and vegetables, were associated with adaptive coping strategies. Higher emotional eating (EE) during the lockdown was associated with a higher BMI, higher pre-lockdown EE and maladaptive coping strategies. Maladaptive coping strategies moderated the relationship between BMI and EE during the lockdown. In particular a higher BMI was associated with higher EE during the lockdown if an individual also had higher maladaptive coping strategies. These findings suggest that changes to eating behaviour may be part of a wider style of maladaptive or adaptive coping, particularly in those with a history of EE or uncontrolled eating. Preparing individuals to adopt more adaptive coping strategies during lockdown situations may be crucial to improving health during subsequent the lockdown events.
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Texto completo: Disponible Colección: Bases de datos internacionales Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Ansiedad / Adaptación Psicológica / Índice de Masa Corporal / Conducta Alimentaria / COVID-19 Tipo de estudio: Estudio observacional / Estudio pronóstico / Ensayo controlado aleatorizado Límite: Adolescente / Adulto / Anciano / Femenino / Humanos / Masculino / Middle aged / Young_adult País/Región como asunto: Europa Idioma: Inglés Revista: Appetite Año: 2021 Tipo del documento: Artículo

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Texto completo: Disponible Colección: Bases de datos internacionales Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Ansiedad / Adaptación Psicológica / Índice de Masa Corporal / Conducta Alimentaria / COVID-19 Tipo de estudio: Estudio observacional / Estudio pronóstico / Ensayo controlado aleatorizado Límite: Adolescente / Adulto / Anciano / Femenino / Humanos / Masculino / Middle aged / Young_adult País/Región como asunto: Europa Idioma: Inglés Revista: Appetite Año: 2021 Tipo del documento: Artículo