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OBJECTIVEThis study was designed to study affect of COVID 19 pandemic on lifestyle of young adults and adolescent. METHODOnline survey, was conducted in about 1000 respondents in the age group of 13-25 years. RESULTSQuestionnaire based survey showed mean sleeping duration changing from 6.85hours to 8.17hours, average screen time becoming 5.12hours from 3.5hours, 51.9% subjects experiencing increased stress levels, 76.4% subjects experiencing increased food intake and 38.6% subjects had decreased levels of physical activity as per self-monitoring. CONCLUSIONThese changes might have long lasting effect on their physical, mental and social health and need counteractive measures to help young people lead a healthy lifestyle during the epidemic and beyond.
