Abstract
The association between the changes in lifestyle during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) confinement and body weight have not been studied deeply. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to determine lifestyle changes, such as eating habits and physical activity (PA) patterns, caused by confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic and to analyze its association with changes in body weight. Seven hundred participants (women, n = 528 and men, n = 172) aged between 18–62 years old of the Chilean national territory participated in the study. Food habits, PA, body weight, and sociodemographic variables were measured through a survey in May and June 2020. The body weight increase presented positive association with the consumption of fried foods ≥ 3 times per week (OR; 3.36, p < 0.001), low water consumption (OR; 1.58, p = 0.03), and sedentary time ≥6 h/day (OR; 1.85, p = 0.01). Conversely, fish consumed (OR; 0.67, p = 0.03), active breaks (OR; 0.72, p = 0.04), and PA ≥ 4 times per week (OR; 0.51, p = 0.001) presented an inverse association with body weight increase. Daily alcohol consumption (OR; 4.77, p = 0.003) was associated with PA decrease. Food habits, PA, and active breaks may be protective factors for weight increase during COVID-19 confinement.
Highlights
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has affected many factors in all countries, including labor, economy, production, health, and lifestyle
The main results of the present study were as follows: (a) low water consumption was associated with body weight increase; (b) active breaks may be protective factors for body weight increase; (c) daily alcohol consumption was associated with physical activity (PA) decrease; and (d) sedentary time ≥ 6 h/day presented an association with negative changes in body weight
Recommendations of dietary guideline for the Spanish [8] and North American [17] populations suggest increasing the minimum consumption of legumes to three times per week in different types of presentation In this study, those evaluated had medium to low compliance with the general recommendation (83.7% indicated consuming 1–2 times a week) similar to that reported in another study in the North American population [18]
Summary
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has affected many factors in all countries, including labor, economy, production, health, and lifestyle This pandemic has led to strict decisions to control the chain of virus transmission, indicating physical distancing and a significant reduction in mobility as the primary prevention measure, calling on nations to implement quarantines and state plans that promote teleworking [1,2]. By the middle of that month, communal quarantines began to be decreed according to indications of the Coronavirus plan implemented by the Ministry of Health In this epidemiological panorama, Chile has accumulated up to 16 July 2020, 366,595 cases and 8580 deaths, and the country has one of the highest rates per million inhabitants in the world [2]. Limitations on free transit and physical distance of more than 1.5 m per person are the most effective strategies to reduce COVID-19
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