The impact of COVID-19 on body-dissatisfied female university students.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study investigated the impact of COVID-19 on young women's disordered eating and their responses to online interventions to reduce disordered eating.

Method

University students at risk of developing an eating disorder (N = 100) were randomly assigned to either receiving an online intervention to reduce disordered eating or not. Forty-one participants entered the study from September 2019 to March 2020 (pre-COVID) and 59 after physical distancing was introduced due to COVID pandemic (during COVID). Online assessments were conducted at baseline and 1-week follow up.

Results

There was a significant increase in weight concerns, disordered eating, and negative affect among participants entering the trial during COVID compared to pre-COVID. The increases in t

SUBMITTER: Zhou Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8250175 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature