ArticleEating behaviors2021
Changes in eating and exercise behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic in a community sample: A retrospective report.
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- COVID-19-related changes in eating disorder pathology, emotional and binge eating and need for care: a systematic review with frequentist and Bayesian meta-analyses.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2023Pooled it
- Compulsive Exercise and Changes in Physical Activity Among Females: A Longitudinal Analysis During the First 12 Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic.Brain and behavior · 2025Article
- A Pilot Feasibility Evaluation of a Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback App to Improve Self-Care in COVID-19 Healthcare Workers.Applied psychophysiology and biofeedback · 2024Article
- Changes in Adults' Eating Behaviors During the Initial Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Narrative Review.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2023Review
- Disparities in eating disorder symptoms and mental healthcare engagement prior to and following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic: Findings from a national study of US college students.The International journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- Association between the Health Belief Model, Exercise, and Nutrition Behaviors during the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Investigating engagement in maladaptive and adaptive exercise behaviors before and during COVID-19.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2022Article
- How do Vaccinators Experience the Pandemic? Lifestyle Behaviors in a Sample of Italian Public Health Workers during the COVID-19 Era.Vaccines · 2022Article
- A systematic scoping review of research on COVID-19 impacts on eating disorders: A critical appraisal of the evidence and recommendations for the field.The International journal of eating disorders · 2022Article
- More Depressive Symptoms, Alcohol and Drug Consumption: Increase in Mental Health Symptoms Among University Students After One Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe COVID-19 pandemic has generated extreme physical, psychological, and social consequences across the world, many of which have the potential to exacerbate disordered eating and exercise behaviors. The purpose of this study was to retrospectively assess changes in eating pathology and exercise behaviors as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in a community sample.
methodParticipants (n = 159, M
resultsAll results compare variables prior to and during COVID-19. Overall, individuals with a prior eating disorder (ED) diagnosis did not report significantly different changes in eating or exercise pathology compared to the non-ED group. Participants had significantly fewer episodes of overeating (p < .05, d = -0.23) and eating with loss of control (p < .05, d = -0.23), but not objective binge episodes. Respondents also indicated an overall decrease in time spent on strength/weight activity (p < .05, d = -0.34) and increase in cardiovascular activity (p < .05, d = 0.19), as well as significant changes in motives for exercise. DISCUSSION: Our results suggest that in a sample of primarily young adult females, with and without a prior ED, exercise behaviors and motives, but not eating pathology, shifted significantly in the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Further longitudinal studies examining the maintenance and potential risk of these changes are warranted, particularly in individuals at high risk, as the pandemic continues.
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