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Title: Effects of COVID-19 home confinement on eating behaviour and physical activity : results of the ECLB-COVID19 international online survey
Author(s): Ammar, AchrafLook up in the Integrated Authority File of the German National Library
Brach, MichaelLook up in the Integrated Authority File of the German National Library
Trabelsi, KhaledLook up in the Integrated Authority File of the German National Library
Chtourou, HamdiLook up in the Integrated Authority File of the German National Library
Boukhris, OmarLook up in the Integrated Authority File of the German National Library
Masmoudi, Liwa
Bouaziz, Bassem
Bentlage, EllenLook up in the Integrated Authority File of the German National Library
How, Daniella
Ahmed, Mona
Müller, PatrickLook up in the Integrated Authority File of the German National Library
Müller, Notger GermarLook up in the Integrated Authority File of the German National Library
Aloui, Asma
Hammouda, Omar
Wrede, Christian
Bastoni, Sofia
Pernambuco, Carlos Soares
Mataruna, Leonardo
Taheri, Morteza
Irandoust, Khadijeh
Khacharem, Aïmen
Bragazzi, Nicola L.
Chamari, Karim
Glenn, Jordan M.
Bott, Nicholas T.
Gargouri, Faiez
Chaari, Lotfi
Batatia, Hadj
Ali, Gamal Mohamed
Abdelkarim, Osama
Jarraya, Mohamed
Abed, Kais El
Souissi, Nizar
Gemert-Pijnen, LisetteLook up in the Integrated Authority File of the German National Library
Riemann, Bryan L.
Riemann, Laurel
Moalla, Wassim
Gómez-Raja, Jonathan
Epstein, Monique
Sanderman, RobbertLook up in the Integrated Authority File of the German National Library
Schulz, Sebastian V. W.
Jerg, Achim Cornelius HectorLook up in the Integrated Authority File of the German National Library
Al-Horani, Ramzi
Mansi, Taiysir
Jmail, Mohamed
Barbosa, Fernando
Ferreira-Santos, Fernando
Šimunič, Boštjan
Pišot, Rado
Gaggioli, Andrea
Bailey, Stephen J.
Steinacker, Jürgen M.Look up in the Integrated Authority File of the German National Library
Driss, Tarak
Hoekelmann, Anita
Issue Date: 2020
Type: Article
Language: English
URN: urn:nbn:de:gbv:ma9:1-1981185920-389931
Subjects: Pandemic
Public health
Physical activity
Nutrition
COVID-19
Abstract: Background: Public health recommendations and governmental measures during the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in numerous restrictions on daily living including social distancing, isolation and home confinement. While these measures are imperative to abate the spreading of COVID-19, the impact of these restrictions on health behaviours and lifestyles at home is undefined. Therefore, an international online survey was launched in April 2020, in seven languages, to elucidate the behavioural and lifestyle consequences of COVID-19 restrictions. This report presents the results from the first thousand responders on physical activity (PA) and nutrition behaviours. Methods: Following a structured review of the literature, the “Effects of home Confinement on multiple Lifestyle Behaviours during the COVID-19 outbreak (ECLB-COVID19)” Electronic survey was designed by a steering group of multidisciplinary scientists and academics. The survey was uploaded and shared on the Google online survey platform. Thirty-five research organisations from Europe, North-Africa, Western Asia and the Americas promoted the survey in English, German, French, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese and Slovenian languages. Questions were presented in a differential format, with questions related to responses “before” and “during” confinement conditions. Results: 1047 replies (54% women) from Asia (36%), Africa (40%), Europe (21%) and other (3%) were included in the analysis. The COVID-19 home confinement had a negative effect on all PA intensity levels (vigorous, moderate, walking and overall). Additionally, daily sitting time increased from 5 to 8 h per day. Food consumption and meal patterns (the type of food, eating out of control, snacks between meals, number of main meals) were more unhealthy during confinement, with only alcohol binge drinking decreasing significantly. Conclusion: While isolation is a necessary measure to protect public health, results indicate that it alters physical activity and eating behaviours in a health compromising direction. A more detailed analysis of survey data will allow for a segregation of these responses in different age groups, countries and other subgroups, which will help develop interventions to mitigate the negative lifestyle behaviours that have manifested during the COVID-19 confinement.
URI: https://opendata.uni-halle.de//handle/1981185920/38993
http://dx.doi.org/10.25673/38747
Open Access: Open access publication
License: (CC BY 4.0) Creative Commons Attribution 4.0(CC BY 4.0) Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Sponsor/Funder: OVGU-Publikationsfonds 2020
Publisher: MDPI
Publisher Place: Basel
Volume: 12
Issue: 6
Page Start: 1
Page End: 13
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