ArticleEating and weight disorders : EWD2022
The impact of COVID-19 lockdown on disordered eating behaviors: the mediation role of psychological distress.
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- The impact of COVID-19 fear during the later stages of the pandemic on maladaptive eating, psychological distress and body weight: a global cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Observational
- 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
- Do changes in eating behaviors signal rising mental health concerns among Saudi high schoolers?BMC psychology · 2024Article
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- Validation of the Brazilian version of the Short Inventory of Grazing (SIG).Trends in psychiatry and psychotherapy · 2024Article
- How does COVID-19-related social media usage influence disordered eating? A daily diary study among Chinese adults during lockdown.Journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- The relationship between body dissatisfaction, lifestyle, and nutritional status among university students in Southern China.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- When Eating Intuitively Is Not Always a Positive Response: Using Machine Learning to Better Unravel Eaters Profiles.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
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purposeThis study aimed to explore the early associations between the experienced psychosocial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis during lockdown, depressive symptomatology, anxiety/stress levels, and disordered eating behaviors in adults during a first COVID-19 lockdown period.
methodsThis was a community-based cross-sectional study assessing 254 Portuguese adults (82.7% women; 35.82 ± 11.82 years) 1 week after the end of the first mandatory COVID-19 lockdown in Portugal. An online survey was conducted to evaluate psychological distress, disordered eating, and psychosocial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Pearson correlations and Structural Equation Modeling were performed.
resultsParticipants reported the presence of meal skipping (52.8%), grazing eating behavior (80.9%), overeating (81.0%), loss of control over eating (47.2%), and binge eating episodes (39.2%) during lockdown. Structural equation modeling analyses, controlling for age and sex, indicated that there was a significant indirect effect of the experienced psychosocial impact of COVID-19 pandemic on disordered eating behaviors mediated through psychological distress.
conclusionThe psychosocial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis may lead to disordered eating, and this relation may occur through the elevation of psychological distress. These findings can be used to inform interventions, to enhance mental health and manage disordered eating during similar future situations. Level of evidence V: cross-sectional descriptive study.
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