Bodyweight change and its association with food and beverage consumption at the beginning COVID-19 confinement.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

SARS-CoV-2, a newly identified coronavirus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, has challenged health services and profoundly impacted people's lifestyles. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the effect of confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic on food consumption patterns and body weight in adults from 12 Ibero-American countries.

Methods

Multicentric, cross-sectional study. Data was collected using an online survey disseminated by social networks. The sample included 10 552 people from Spain and 11 Latin American countries who were selected by snowball sampling.

Results

While 38.50% of the sample reported weight gain, 16.90% reported weight lost. Weight change was associated with sex, age, country of residence, and education level. Peop

SUBMITTER: Cavagnari BM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9514958 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature