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The Impact of the First and Second Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Eating Symptoms and Dysfunctional Eating Behaviours in the General Population: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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- The collateral effects of the COVID-19 pandemic: A gender-specific systematic review of disordered eating behaviour in the general population.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2025Pooled it
- Adult attachment insecurity and uncertain reflective functioning as mediators between traumatic experiences and alexithymia in young adults: a structural equation modeling approach.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Nationwide trends in pediatric hospitalizations for eating disorders in France between 2013 and 2022: a retrospective study using the national health insurance database.BMC medicine · 2025Observational
- Social and individual factors associated with eating disorders risk among adolescents in secondary schools of Sicily (south-Italy).Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2025Article
- The current clinical approach to feeding and eating disorders aimed to increase personalization of management.World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) · 2025Article
- Anxiety symptoms and coping strategies used by older adults during COVID-19: A national e-study of linkages among and between them.PLOS mental health · 2025Article
- Binge eating as an emotional response to the COVID-19 pandemic: a sequential mediation model via the impact of events and social anxiety.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- The Multiple Challenges of Nutritional Microbiome Research During COVID-19-A Perspective and Results of a Single-Case Study.Nutrients · 2024Article
- A systematic review on the role of therapist characteristics in the treatment of eating disorders.Research in psychotherapy (Milano) · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to examine the prevalence of feeding and eating disorder (FED) symptoms or dysfunctional eating behaviours (DEB) in the general population during the COVID-19 outbreak.
methodWe searched eligible articles in biomedical databases from 1 January 2020 to 31 March 2022. Prevalence rates of FED or DEB changes between pre-pandemic and pandemic time and correlation with psychological distress were pooled with a meta-analysis using a random-effects model. Heterogeneity was tested using I-squared (
resultsThe more prevalent FED or DEB during the COVID-19 outbreak were: body image concerns (52%, 95% CI 0.38, 0.66), binge eating (40%, 95% CI 0.25, 0.55), and overeating (40%, 95% CI = 0.32-0.48). Pooled data of longitudinal studies (k = 8) only showed a significant difference in the prevalence of weight gain from pre-pandemic to the pandemic time. Finally, increased levels of psychological distress (k = 35) positively correlated with some ED symptoms.
conclusionThis meta-analysis evidenced a negative impact of the pandemic on eating symptoms and DEB in the general population.
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