Emotional eating and depression during the pandemic: QuarantEat, an Italian nationwide survey

Moro, Giuseppina Lo; Bert, Fabrizio; Catozzi, Dario; Scacchi, Alessandro; Siliquini, Roberta

doi:10.1016/j.nut.2022.111825

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“…Emotional eating can lead to psychological distress and have negative health effects ( 26 ). A study of 1,865 Italian adults found that when considering multivariable models, women and individuals with emotional eating were more likely to report depression ( 26 ). These results support the findings of a previous study ( Table 2 ); they demonstrated that higher levels of depression are related to higher emotional eating scores.…”

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The effects of body dissatisfaction and depression levels on the dietary habits of university students in southern China during COVID-19

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IntroductionThe novel coronavirus disease of 2019 has impacted people’s lives greatly. The spread of the pandemic has restricted many everyday social lives. Some studies have shown that strict risk control during the pandemic threatens people’s mental health and eating habits. University students vulnerable to mental health problems may have more prominent mental health and eating disorders during the pandemic. This study aims to elucidate the relationship between body dissatisfaction, depression, body mass index, and emotional eating among university students in the context of the pandemic in southern China. It provides a theoretical basis for developing future approaches to improve depression and emotional eating among university students.MethodsA total of 1,135 university students were recruited for the study. All participants completed anthropometric, body dissatisfaction, eating behavior, and depression level surveys.ResultsThe study finds that female students have higher levels of body dissatisfaction, depression, and emotional eating than male students. University students in the high body dissatisfaction group had higher levels of depression. Depression level (β = 0.33, p < 0.01), body dissatisfaction (β = 0.22, p < 0.01), sex (β = 0.16, p < 0.01), and income (β = 0.06, p < 0.01) were significant predictors of emotional eating. Fundamentally, this study highlights the impact of body dissatisfaction on depression and emotional eating.DiscussionThe potential to improve depression and emotional eating among university students by improving their levels of body dissatisfaction was demonstrated.

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“…As the current study indicated, negative emotional eating was the fourth most important predictor of diet quality during the COVID-19 pandemic. Stress and negative emotions may impact appetite, unhealthy eating, and even eating disorders ( 29 , 51 , 52 ). During the COVID-19 pandemic, an Italian survey declared that almost half of the individuals (aged 18–79 years) felt anxious, and consumed comfort food to feel better ( 53 ).…”

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Deep neural network for prediction of diet quality among doctors and nurses in North China during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Chu,

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ObjectiveThe COVID-19 pandemic has placed unprecedented pressure on front-line healthcare workers, leading to poor health status, especially diet quality. This study aimed to develop a diet quality prediction model and determine the predictive effects of personality traits, socioeconomic status, lifestyles, and individual and working conditions on diet quality among doctors and nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic.MethodsA total of 5,013 doctors and nurses from thirty-nine COVID-19 designated hospitals provided valid responses in north China in 2022. Participants’ data related to social-demographic characteristics, lifestyles, sleep quality, personality traits, burnout, work-related conflicts, and diet quality were collected with questionnaires. Deep Neural Network (DNN) was applied to develop a diet quality prediction model among doctors and nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic.ResultsThe mean score of diet quality was 46.14 ± 15.08; specifically, the mean scores for variety, adequacy, moderation, and overall balance were 14.33 ± 3.65, 17.99 ± 5.73, 9.41 ± 7.33, and 4.41 ± 2.98, respectively. The current study developed a DNN model with a 21–30–28-1 network framework for diet quality prediction. The DNN model achieved high prediction efficacy, and values of R2, MAE, MSE, and RMSE were 0.928, 0.048, 0.004, and 0.065, respectively. Among doctors and nurses in north China, the top five predictors in the diet quality prediction model were BMI, poor sleep quality, work–family conflict, negative emotional eating, and nutrition knowledge.ConclusionDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, poor diet quality is prevalent among doctors and nurses in north China. Machine learning models can provide an automated identification mechanism for the prediction of diet quality. This study suggests that integrated interventions can be a promising approach to improving diet quality among doctors and nurses, particularly weight management, sleep quality improvement, work-family balance, decreased emotional eating, and increased nutrition knowledge.

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“…Psychological distress and worsening mental health, including depression and anxiety have specifically been linked to emotional overeating of ultra-processed foods, and increased weight gain during the peak pandemic period 12 , 30 , 31 , 37 , 38 In a large study of 1865 participants surveyed in Italy, Lo Moro et al showed that 57.6% of respondents reported depression while 49.3% reported emotional overeating of pastries and foods high in fat and sugar, and 35.2% reported both conditions during the lockdown. 39 Prevalence of emotional eating appears to be higher in women, and in individuals with pre-existing overweight or obesity, the latter of which is not surprising considering evidence suggesting that the relationship between stress and emotional eating may be modulated by body mass index (BMI). 36 Other studies have shown that pandemic-related increases in emotional overeating and general overeating due to boredom are associated with increased screen time, 12 , 30 , 40 an established risk factor of obesity.…”

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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cardiovascular health behaviors and risk factors: A new troubling normal that may be here to stay

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Kaar

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Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

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Emotional eating and depression during the pandemic: QuarantEat, an Italian nationwide survey

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The effects of body dissatisfaction and depression levels on the dietary habits of university students in southern China during COVID-19

The effects of body dissatisfaction and depression levels on the dietary habits of university students in southern China during COVID-19

Deep neural network for prediction of diet quality among doctors and nurses in North China during the COVID-19 pandemic

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cardiovascular health behaviors and risk factors: A new troubling normal that may be here to stay

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