ArticleAppetite2021
Susceptibility to increased high energy dense sweet and savoury food intake in response to the COVID-19 lockdown: The role of craving control and acceptance coping strategies.
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- Childhood abuse and craving in methamphetamine-dependent individuals: the mediating role of alexithymia.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2025Article
- Lifestyle Habits and Nutritional Profile of the Spanish Population: A Comparison Between the Period During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Impacts of COVID-19 on Food Choices and Eating Behavior among New Zealand University Students.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Associations between body mass index and episodic memory for recent eating, mindful eating, and cognitive distraction: A cross-sectional study.Obesity science & practice · 2024Article
- Impacts of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on the dietary practices of university students in Germany.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Validity and reliability of Turkish version of the Adult Eating Behaviour Questionnaire for adult participants.Public health nutrition · 2023Article
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- Oxidative Stability of Avocado Snacks Formulated with Olive Extract as an Active Ingredient for Novel Food Production.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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- Too much is too much: Influence of former stress levels on food craving and weight gain during the COVID-19 period.PloS one · 2023Article
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- Coping strategies moderate the effect of perceived stress on sleep and health in older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic.Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress · 2022Article
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Abstract
Emerging evidence indicates that for some people, the COVID-19 lockdowns are a time of high risk for increased food intake. A clearer understanding of which individuals are most at risk of over-eating during the lockdown period is needed to inform interventions that promote healthy diets and prevent weight gain during lockdowns. An online survey collected during the COVID-19 lockdown (total n = 875; analysed n = 588; 33.4 ± 12.6 years; 82% UK-based; mostly white, educated, and not home schooling) investigated reported changes to the amount consumed and changes to intake of high energy dense (HED) sweet and savoury foods. The study also assessed which eating behaviour traits predicted a reported increase of HED sweet and savoury foods and tested whether coping responses moderated this relationship. Results showed that 48% of participants reported increased food intake in response to the COVID-19 lockdown. There was large individual variability in reported changes and lower craving control was the strongest predictor of increased HED sweet and savoury food intake. Low cognitive restraint also predicted greater increases in HED sweet snacks and HED savoury meal foods. Food responsiveness, enjoyment of food, emotional undereating, emotional overeating and satiety responsiveness were not significant predictors of changes to HED sweet and savoury food intake. High scores on acceptance coping responses attenuated the conditional effects of craving control on HED sweet snack intake. Consistent with previous findings, the current research suggests that low craving control is a risk factor for increased snack food intake during lockdown and may therefore represent a target for intervention.
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