Improving lifestyle obesity treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: New challenges for weight management.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in significant changes to daily life and many health-related behaviors. The objective of this study was to examine how the stay-at-home/safer-at-home mandates issued in Colorado (March 2020-May 2020) impacted lifestyle behaviors and mental health among individuals with overweight or obesity participating in two separate behavioral weight loss trials (n = 82).

Methods

Questionnaires were used to collect qualitative and quantitative data on challenges to weight loss presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, including changes in dietary intake, physical activity, sedentary behavior, and mental health during the stay-at-home/safer-at-home mandates.

Results

Using a convergent mixed method approach integrating qualitative and qu

SUBMITTER: Caldwell AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8441901 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature