TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of COVID-19 home confinement on eating behaviour and physical activity
T2 - Results of the ECLB-COVID19 international online survey
AU - Ammar, Achraf
AU - Brach, Michael
AU - Trabelsi, Khaled
AU - Chtourou, Hamdi
AU - Boukhris, Omar
AU - Masmoudi, Liwa
AU - Bouaziz, Bassem
AU - Bentlage, Ellen
AU - How, Daniella
AU - Ahmed, Mona
AU - Müller, Patrick
AU - Müller, Notger
AU - Aloui, Asma
AU - Hammouda, Omar
AU - Paineiras-Domingos, Laisa Liane
AU - Braakman-Jansen, Annemarie
AU - Wrede, Christian
AU - Bastoni, Sofia
AU - Pernambuco, Carlos Soares
AU - Mataruna, Leonardo
AU - Taheri, Morteza
AU - Irandoust, Khadijeh
AU - Khacharem, Aïmen
AU - Bragazzi, Nicola L.
AU - Chamari, Karim
AU - Glenn, Jordan M.
AU - Bott, Nicholas T.
AU - Gargouri, Faiez
AU - Chaari, Lotfi
AU - Batatia, Hadj
AU - Ali, Gamal Mohamed
AU - Abdelkarim, Osama
AU - Jarraya, Mohamed
AU - El Abed, Kais
AU - Souissi, Nizar
AU - van Gemert-Pijnen, Lisette
AU - Riemann, Bryan L.
AU - Riemann, Laurel
AU - Moalla, Wassim
AU - Gómez-Raja, Jonathan
AU - Epstein, Monique
AU - Sanderman, Robbert
AU - Schulz, Sebastian V.W.
AU - Jerg, Achim
AU - Al-Horani, Ramzi
AU - Mansi, Taiysir
AU - Jmail, Mohamed
AU - Barbosa, Fernando
AU - Ferreira-Santos, Fernando
AU - Šimunič, Boštjan
AU - ECLB-COVID19 Consortium
PY - 2020/6
Y1 - 2020/6
N2 - Background: Public health recommendations and governmental measures during the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in numerous restrictions on daily living including social distancing, isolation and home confinement. While these measures are imperative to abate the spreading of COVID-19, the impact of these restrictions on health behaviours and lifestyles at home is undefined. Therefore, an international online survey was launched in April 2020, in seven languages, to elucidate the behavioural and lifestyle consequences of COVID-19 restrictions. This report presents the results from the first thousand responders on physical activity (PA) and nutrition behaviours.Methods: Following a structured review of the literature, the “Effects of home Confinement on multiple Lifestyle Behaviours during the COVID-19 outbreak (ECLB-COVID19)” Electronic survey was designed by a steering group of multidisciplinary scientists and academics. The survey was uploaded and shared on the Google online survey platform. Thirty-five research organisations from Europe, North-Africa, Western Asia and the Americas promoted the survey in English, German, French, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese and Slovenian languages. Questions were presented in a differential format, with questions related to responses “before” and “during” confinement conditions.Results: 1047 replies (54% women) from Asia (36%), Africa (40%), Europe (21%) and other (3%) were included in the analysis. The COVID-19 home confinement had a negative effect on all PA intensity levels (vigorous, moderate, walking and overall). Additionally, daily sitting time increased from 5 to 8 h per day. Food consumption and meal patterns (the type of food, eating out of control, snacks between meals, number of main meals) were more unhealthy during confinement, with only alcohol binge drinking decreasing significantly.Conclusion: While isolation is a necessary measure to protect public health, results indicate that it alters physical activity and eating behaviours in a health compromising direction. A more detailed analysis of survey data will allow for a segregation of these responses in different age groups, countries and other subgroups, which will help develop interventions to mitigate the negative lifestyle behaviours that have manifested during the COVID-19 confinement.
AB - Background: Public health recommendations and governmental measures during the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in numerous restrictions on daily living including social distancing, isolation and home confinement. While these measures are imperative to abate the spreading of COVID-19, the impact of these restrictions on health behaviours and lifestyles at home is undefined. Therefore, an international online survey was launched in April 2020, in seven languages, to elucidate the behavioural and lifestyle consequences of COVID-19 restrictions. This report presents the results from the first thousand responders on physical activity (PA) and nutrition behaviours.Methods: Following a structured review of the literature, the “Effects of home Confinement on multiple Lifestyle Behaviours during the COVID-19 outbreak (ECLB-COVID19)” Electronic survey was designed by a steering group of multidisciplinary scientists and academics. The survey was uploaded and shared on the Google online survey platform. Thirty-five research organisations from Europe, North-Africa, Western Asia and the Americas promoted the survey in English, German, French, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese and Slovenian languages. Questions were presented in a differential format, with questions related to responses “before” and “during” confinement conditions.Results: 1047 replies (54% women) from Asia (36%), Africa (40%), Europe (21%) and other (3%) were included in the analysis. The COVID-19 home confinement had a negative effect on all PA intensity levels (vigorous, moderate, walking and overall). Additionally, daily sitting time increased from 5 to 8 h per day. Food consumption and meal patterns (the type of food, eating out of control, snacks between meals, number of main meals) were more unhealthy during confinement, with only alcohol binge drinking decreasing significantly.Conclusion: While isolation is a necessary measure to protect public health, results indicate that it alters physical activity and eating behaviours in a health compromising direction. A more detailed analysis of survey data will allow for a segregation of these responses in different age groups, countries and other subgroups, which will help develop interventions to mitigate the negative lifestyle behaviours that have manifested during the COVID-19 confinement.
KW - COVID-19
KW - Nutrition
KW - Pandemic
KW - Physical activity
KW - Public health
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85085678099&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/nu12061583
DO - 10.3390/nu12061583
M3 - Article
C2 - 32481594
AN - SCOPUS:85085678099
SN - 2072-6643
VL - 12
JO - Nutrients
JF - Nutrients
IS - 6
M1 - 1583
ER -