Disordered eating during COVID-19 pandemic is associated with nutritional status, negative mood changes, and body image in university students.
Natália Rubim de Medeiros GottardiAnna Carolina Di Francesco PereiraMonica CattafestaLuciane Bresciani SalaroliFabíola Lacerda Pires SoaresPublished in: Journal of health psychology (2023)
Our objective was to evaluate disordered eating and associated factors in university students in the early period of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. This is an analytical cross-sectional observational study, and data collection took place between May and June 2020, using an online semi-structured questionnaire. In total, 936 students were evaluated. Present signs/symptoms of the flu syndrome (OR = 1.605), negative mood changes (OR = 1.628), weight gain (OR = 1.739), obesity (OR = 3.089), follow fitness/health profile on social media (OR = 2.050), having inadequate body perception (OR = 2.416), and body dissatisfaction (OR = 2.612) increased the chances of presenting a higher score on the disordered eating scale.
Keyphrases
- weight gain
- weight loss
- social media
- physical activity
- cross sectional
- health information
- body mass index
- birth weight
- sleep quality
- bipolar disorder
- public health
- healthcare
- case report
- mental health
- metabolic syndrome
- body composition
- type diabetes
- electronic health record
- big data
- mass spectrometry
- risk assessment
- artificial intelligence
- preterm birth
- data analysis