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Preliminary Trajectories in Dietary Behaviors during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Public Health Call to Action to Face Obesity
- Source :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 17, Iss 7073, p 7073 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- MDPI, 2020.
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Abstract
- The world is currently struggling to face the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), and many countries have imposed lockdowns and recommended quarantine to limit both the spread of the virus and overwhelming demands for medical care. Direct implications include the disruption of work routines, boredom, depression, increased calorie consumption, and other similar harmful effects. The present narrative review article briefly analyzes the preliminary effects of the quarantine lifestyle from the standpoint of dietary habits. In six different databases, we searched for original articles up to 10 August 2020, assessing eating habits among populations during the COVID-19 pandemic, and recorded any change in the intake of major food categories, as well as changes in body weight. The research strategy yielded 364 articles, from which we selected 12 articles that fitted our goal. Our preliminary findings revealed a sharp rise of carbohydrates sources consumption, especially those with a high glycemic index (i.e., homemade pizza, bread, cake, and pastries), as well as more frequent snacks. A high consumption of fruits and vegetables, and protein sources, particularly pulses, was also recorded, although there was no clear peak of increase in the latter. Data concerning the consumption of junk foods lacked consistency, while there was a decreased alcohol intake and fresh fish/seafood consumption. As a possible connection, people gained body weight. Therefore, in the realistic perspective of a continuing global health emergency situation, timely preventive measures are needed to counteract obesity-related behaviors in the long-term, so as to prevent further health complications.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
obesity
030309 nutrition & dietetics
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Pneumonia, Viral
lcsh:Medicine
030209 endocrinology & metabolism
Review
03 medical and health sciences
body weight
0302 clinical medicine
Environmental health
Pandemic
medicine
Global health
Humans
dietary changes
Pandemics
Consumption (economics)
0303 health sciences
Public health
lcsh:R
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
COVID-19
Boredom
Feeding Behavior
medicine.disease
Obesity
Call to action
Glycemic index
Public Health
medicine.symptom
Psychology
diet
Coronavirus Infections
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16604601 and 16617827
- Volume :
- 17
- Issue :
- 19
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ff64da2e938dc9b0473ae54e040a069b