Abstract
Confinement at home, quarantine, and social distancing are some measures adopted worldwide to prevent the spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2), which has been generating an important alteration in the routines and qualities of life of people. The impact on health is still being evaluated, and consequences in the nutritional field are not entirely clear. The study objective was to evaluate the current evidence about the impact that preventive measures of physical contact restriction causes in healthy nutrition. A systematic review was carried out according to the “Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses” PRISMA Group and Cochrane method for rapid systematic reviews. Searching was performed in six electronic databases and evaluated articles published between 2010 and 2020, including among their participants adult subjects who had been exposed to the preventive measures of physical contact restriction. Seven studies met the selection criteria and reported an overall increase in food consumption, weight, Body Mass Index (BMI), and a change in eating style. Findings suggest that healthy nutrition is affected by preventive measures to restrict physical contact as a result of the COVID-19 syndemic.
Highlights
One year after the confirmation of the first positive case of Severe Acute RespiratorySyndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2) in the province of Wuhan, China, the virus that produces COVID-19 is still active around the world, having killed more than 1,500,000 people, with a progressive increase in the number of infected cases, which has already exceeded 69,000,000 and continues to generate various global consequences that have altered the rhythm and daily life of millions of people around the planet [1,2,3,4].Following the recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO), nations around the world have adopted different control measures to cut the line of viral transmission and/or mitigate the spread of SARS-CoV-2 [5]
Studies with a methodological design considering underage participants and subjects who have not been exposed to any preventive measures of physical contact restriction were excluded
We found that the preventive measures to avoid physical contact, adopted by different governments of the world to control the spread of the SARSCoV-2 virus, modified food intake and eating style, enhancing these changes in people with a higher Body Mass Index (BMI) and an eating disorder (ED)
Summary
One year after the confirmation of the first positive case of Severe Acute RespiratorySyndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2) in the province of Wuhan, China, the virus that produces COVID-19 is still active around the world, having killed more than 1,500,000 people, with a progressive increase in the number of infected cases, which has already exceeded 69,000,000 and continues to generate various global consequences that have altered the rhythm and daily life of millions of people around the planet [1,2,3,4].Following the recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO), nations around the world have adopted different control measures to cut the line of viral transmission and/or mitigate the spread of SARS-CoV-2 [5]. Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2) in the province of Wuhan, China, the virus that produces COVID-19 is still active around the world, having killed more than 1,500,000 people, with a progressive increase in the number of infected cases, which has already exceeded 69,000,000 and continues to generate various global consequences that have altered the rhythm and daily life of millions of people around the planet [1,2,3,4]. Among the most important measures that have had the greatest impact on the population are the closing of borders, home confinement, quarantine, and physical distancing. Adopting these measures was necessary to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 pathogen. The impact includes biological and social aspects, and has gone beyond the pandemic classification to the point of being re-named as a syndemic (syn of synergy and demy of pandemy), given the synergistic nature between SARS-CoV-2, the different non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and other problems of a social and economic nature [6]
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