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Nutrition Behaviors in Polish Adults before and during COVID-19 Lockdown
Unexpected isolation, which has not yet been seen on a global scale, has created the conditions for evaluating nutrition in a situation of reduced spatial activity. The study aimed to assess the influence of lockdown on selected eating habits of Polish adults. An anonymous questionnaire was conducte...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7601522/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33050404 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu12103084 |
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author | Błaszczyk-Bębenek, Ewa Jagielski, Paweł Bolesławska, Izabela Jagielska, Anna Nitsch-Osuch, Aneta Kawalec, Paweł |
author_facet | Błaszczyk-Bębenek, Ewa Jagielski, Paweł Bolesławska, Izabela Jagielska, Anna Nitsch-Osuch, Aneta Kawalec, Paweł |
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description | Unexpected isolation, which has not yet been seen on a global scale, has created the conditions for evaluating nutrition in a situation of reduced spatial activity. The study aimed to assess the influence of lockdown on selected eating habits of Polish adults. An anonymous questionnaire was conducted, including questions about eating habits and self-reported anthropometric measurements, referring to “before” and “during” lockdown. We reported the findings of 312 adults (aged 41.12 ± 13.05 years). Overall, 64.1% of the participants were women, 77.7% urban inhabitants and 78.6% employed. The average length of social isolation was 50.79 ± 10.53 days. The majority (51.6%) of the respondents did not eat outside the house during lockdown (p < 0.0001). The number of meals eaten during the day during lockdown increased significantly, 11.2% of the respondents ate 5 and more meals (p < 0.0001). The percentage of people snacking between meals increased by 5.1% during lockdown (p = 0.0001). Eggs, potatoes, sweets, canned meat and alcohol were consumed considerably more commonly during lockdown, while fast-food products, instant soups and energy drinks were eaten or drunk significantly less frequently. A marked decrease in the number of daily servings of the following products was observed: bakery products, red meat, fast food, instant soups, sweet beverages and energy drinks. Conversely, the number of daily servings of sweets and canned meat significantly increased. Two thirds of the respondents reported body weight changes, with 45.86% of the participants being overweight during lockdown. Significant changes in the diet of Polish adults were found during lockdown due to COVID-19. |
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spelling | pubmed-76015222020-11-01 Nutrition Behaviors in Polish Adults before and during COVID-19 Lockdown Błaszczyk-Bębenek, Ewa Jagielski, Paweł Bolesławska, Izabela Jagielska, Anna Nitsch-Osuch, Aneta Kawalec, Paweł Nutrients Article Unexpected isolation, which has not yet been seen on a global scale, has created the conditions for evaluating nutrition in a situation of reduced spatial activity. The study aimed to assess the influence of lockdown on selected eating habits of Polish adults. An anonymous questionnaire was conducted, including questions about eating habits and self-reported anthropometric measurements, referring to “before” and “during” lockdown. We reported the findings of 312 adults (aged 41.12 ± 13.05 years). Overall, 64.1% of the participants were women, 77.7% urban inhabitants and 78.6% employed. The average length of social isolation was 50.79 ± 10.53 days. The majority (51.6%) of the respondents did not eat outside the house during lockdown (p < 0.0001). The number of meals eaten during the day during lockdown increased significantly, 11.2% of the respondents ate 5 and more meals (p < 0.0001). The percentage of people snacking between meals increased by 5.1% during lockdown (p = 0.0001). Eggs, potatoes, sweets, canned meat and alcohol were consumed considerably more commonly during lockdown, while fast-food products, instant soups and energy drinks were eaten or drunk significantly less frequently. A marked decrease in the number of daily servings of the following products was observed: bakery products, red meat, fast food, instant soups, sweet beverages and energy drinks. Conversely, the number of daily servings of sweets and canned meat significantly increased. Two thirds of the respondents reported body weight changes, with 45.86% of the participants being overweight during lockdown. Significant changes in the diet of Polish adults were found during lockdown due to COVID-19. MDPI 2020-10-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7601522/ /pubmed/33050404 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu12103084 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Błaszczyk-Bębenek, Ewa Jagielski, Paweł Bolesławska, Izabela Jagielska, Anna Nitsch-Osuch, Aneta Kawalec, Paweł Nutrition Behaviors in Polish Adults before and during COVID-19 Lockdown |
title | Nutrition Behaviors in Polish Adults before and during COVID-19 Lockdown |
title_full | Nutrition Behaviors in Polish Adults before and during COVID-19 Lockdown |
title_fullStr | Nutrition Behaviors in Polish Adults before and during COVID-19 Lockdown |
title_full_unstemmed | Nutrition Behaviors in Polish Adults before and during COVID-19 Lockdown |
title_short | Nutrition Behaviors in Polish Adults before and during COVID-19 Lockdown |
title_sort | nutrition behaviors in polish adults before and during covid-19 lockdown |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7601522/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33050404 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu12103084 |
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