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ArticleAppetite2023

Snacking and anxiety during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic: A prospective cohort study.

Esther L Curtin, Laura Johnson, Ruth Salway, Elanor C Hinton

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Article in Appetite, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Esther L CurtinPopulation Health Sciences, University of Bristol, BS8 2PS, UK. Electronic address: esther.curtin@lshtm.ac.uk.
Laura JohnsonCentre for Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, BS8 1TZ, Bristol, UK; NatCen Social Research, 35 Northampton Square, London, EC1V 0AX, UK. Electronic address: laura.johnson@natcen.ac.uk.
Ruth SalwayCentre for Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, BS8 1TZ, Bristol, UK. Electronic address: ruth.salway@bristol.ac.uk.
Elanor C HintonNIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre, Nutrition Theme, University of Bristol, BS2 8AE, Bristol, UK. Electronic address: elanor.hinton@bristol.ac.uk.
University of Bristol · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council G9815508Medical Research Council MC_PC_15018Medical Research Council MC_PC_19009
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anxiety and snacking increased during the initial coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdowns, but it remains unknown whether this change in snacking persisted and if it related to anxiety levels. We used prospective data to examine changes in snacking frequency from t1 (eased restrictions in England in May-June 2020) to t2 (national lockdown in December 2020-March 2021), the association of anxiety (assessed by the Generalised Anxiety Disorder-7 questionnaire at t1) with the snacking change, and the mediating and moderating effects of disinhibition and flexible restraint (assessed by the Three Factor Eating Questionnaire in 2016-17). Analyses including 2128 adults (mean age 28.4 y) residing in England from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children showed that snacking frequency increased over time (mean change 1.23 (95% CI 0.81, 1.65) snacks/wk). Linear regressions of snacking adjusted for sociodemographic covariates showed that having clinical levels of generalised anxiety at t1, versus not, was associated with 1.22 (95% CI 0.07, 2.37) more snacks/wk at t2. Disinhibition partially mediated the association between Generalised Anxiety Disorder and snacking (β

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COVID-19SnacksAdultAnxietyAnxiety DisordersChildCommunicable Disease ControlFeeding BehaviorHumansLongitudinal StudiesPandemicsProspective StudiesAnxietyCOVID-19DietEating behaviourMental healthSnacking

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PMID36775067
PMCPMC9912813
OpenAlexW4319873791

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