Changes in lifestyle, adiposity, and cardiometabolic markers among young adults in Sweden during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted on public health in several ways. The aim of the study was to investigate changes in lifestyle, adiposity, and cardiometabolic markers among young adults in Sweden during the COVID-19 pandemic and their determinants.

Methods

The study included 1 004 participants from the population-based birth cohort BAMSE. Anthropometrics, body composition (bioelectric impedance analyses), pulse, and blood pressure were measured before (December 2016-May 2019; mean age 22.6 years) and during (October 2020-June 2021; mean age 25.7 years) the COVID-19 pandemic. Lifestyle changes during the pandemic were assessed through a questionnaire.

Results

All measures of adiposity (weight, BMI, body fat percentage, trunk fat percentage) and cardiometa

SUBMITTER: Ekstrom S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10230124 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature