ASSOCIATION BETWEEN NUTRITIONAL STATUS AND MENTAL HEALTH AMONG ADULTS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN KHULNA CITY CORPORATION

Abstract

The SARS-CoV-2 (COVIDs-19) pandemic made a massive impact on sudden lifestyle and food habit changes. A person's way of life, mental health, and physical health are all intertwined. Individual dietary intake and nutritional status are major elements that influence mental health. COVID-19 makes the immune system weaker than its usual times. A balanced diet is necessary to recover and to prevent the immune system for fighting against the viruses. Millions of households have experienced mobility constraints and lifestyle adjustments as a result of COVID-19 over the course of several months. The aims of the research is just to see how COVID-19 affects people's lifestyles and mental health for the change of food habits among adult population in Khulna City. Primary data was used to perform this research which was collected from adult population in Khulna City with a well-organized questionnaire. For satisfying our study purposes, some statistical methods would be applied. A significant change in mental health was found due to the impact of the situation of COVID-19 lockdown in the food habit. Female respondents (58.7%) had faced a crises on their sleep also in dietary pattern. 53.4% respondents were physically exhausted when most the respondents had a significance correlation with physical exercise with weight changes. A negative impact have been showed up in the survey as respondents were in lockdown situation which affected both financial condition and psychological environment.