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ArticleNature food2021

Diet and lifestyle behaviour disruption related to the pandemic was varied and bidirectional among US and UK adults participating in the ZOE COVID Study.

Mohsen Mazidi, Emily R Leeming, Jordi Merino, Long H Nguyen, Somesh Selvachandran, Joan Capdavila Pujal, Tyler Maher, Kirstin Kadé, Benjamin Murray, Mark S Graham and 12 more

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Article in Nature food, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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22 authors.

Mohsen Mazidi *Department of Twin Research, King's College London, London, UK.
Emily R Leeming *Department of Twin Research, King's College London, London, UK.
Jordi MerinoDiabetes Unit and Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Long H NguyenClinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5436-4219
Somesh SelvachandranZOE Global Ltd, London, UK.
Joan Capdavila PujalZOE Global Ltd, London, UK.
Tyler MaherDepartment of Nutritional Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.
Kirstin KadéZOE Global Ltd, London, UK.
Benjamin MurraySchool of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.
Mark S GrahamSchool of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4170-1095
Carole H SudreSchool of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.
Jonathan WolfZOE Global Ltd, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-0530-2257
Christina HuZOE Global Ltd, London, UK.
David A DrewClinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Claire J StevesDepartment of Twin Research, King's College London, London, UK.
Sebastien OurselinSchool of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.
Christopher GardnerStanford Prevention Research Center, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Tim D SpectorDepartment of Twin Research, King's College London, London, UK.
Andrew T ChanDepartment of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7284-6767
Paul W FranksHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
Rachel GibsonDepartment of Nutritional Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.
Sarah E BerryDepartment of Nutritional Sciences, King's College London, London, UK. sarah.e.berry@kcl.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-5819-5109

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/M016560/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Evidence of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health behaviours in the general population is limited. In this retrospective longitudinal study including UK and US participants, we collected diet and lifestyle data pre-pandemic (896,286) and peri-pandemic (291,871) using a mobile health app, and we computed a bidirectional health behaviour disruption index. Disruption of health behaviour was higher in younger, female and socio-economically deprived participants. Loss in body weight was greater in highly disrupted individuals than in those with low disruption. There were large inter-individual changes observed in 46 health and diet behaviours measured peri-pandemic compared with pre-pandemic, but no mean change in the total population. Individuals most adherent to less healthy pre-pandemic health behaviours improved their diet quality and weight compared with those reporting healthier pre-pandemic behaviours, irrespective of relative deprivation; therefore, for a proportion of the population, the pandemic may have provided an impetus to improve health behaviours. Public policies to tackle health inequalities widened by the pandemic should continue to prioritize diet and physical activity for all, as well as more targeted approaches to support younger females and those living in economically deprived areas.

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