2020
DOI: 10.3390/ejihpe10040067
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The COVID-19 Pandemic, Stress, and Eating Practices in the United States

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the lives of people worldwide. In this study, we assessed the burden of stress during the pandemic and its relationship with eating practices in a national random sample of American adults. Data were collected using an online survey and the participants were asked about their demographic characteristics, perceived stress, and eating practices in April 2020. Compared to their counterparts, average stress scores were statistically significantly higher for racial and ethnic min… Show more

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“…The encouragement by social media posts to consume foods and drinks which are known to increase the risk of overweight and obesity (36) seems particularly unconscionable, given that people with obesity have a higher risk of COVID-19 complications and intensive treatments (40,41). New Zealand research (42) echoes studies internationally (43)(44)(45)(46) that adult diets were adversely impacted during the Level 4 and 3 lockdowns, with an overall shift toward an unhealthy dietary pattern characterized by increased sweet and salty snacks, sugary drinks and alcohol. Adults experiencing the most stress, for instance those who had lost income or were juggling working from home with childcare, were the most likely to have a detrimental change in their diet (42).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…The encouragement by social media posts to consume foods and drinks which are known to increase the risk of overweight and obesity (36) seems particularly unconscionable, given that people with obesity have a higher risk of COVID-19 complications and intensive treatments (40,41). New Zealand research (42) echoes studies internationally (43)(44)(45)(46) that adult diets were adversely impacted during the Level 4 and 3 lockdowns, with an overall shift toward an unhealthy dietary pattern characterized by increased sweet and salty snacks, sugary drinks and alcohol. Adults experiencing the most stress, for instance those who had lost income or were juggling working from home with childcare, were the most likely to have a detrimental change in their diet (42).…”
Section: Potential Breaches and Issues Of The Advertising Standards Amentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Latinx adults have higher rates of obesity compared with whites; 44.8% versus 42.2% (CDC, 2020). As the novel coronavirus pandemic resulted in changing eating behaviors and decreasing quality of diets in part due to food insecurity, there may be greater risk for infection in families with higher consumption of fast foods, sugar sweetened beverages or other food stuffs associated with obesity and metabolic disease (Khubchandani et. al, 2020).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Shelter-in-place orders have also adversely impacted global nutritional health as individuals are more likely to be consuming poorer-quality diets and have more unhealthy eating practices (Ghosh, 2020;Khubchandani et al, 2020). Poor nutrition, including low levels of Vitamin D and selenium, can increase susceptibility to illness including potentially risk of novel coronavirus infection (Rhodes et.…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…Also, perceived vulnerability to COVID-19 is linked to depression in vulnerable groups. It can be postulated that mass media may have played a role in further accentuating the psychological distress in these groups ( Khubchandani et al., 2020 , Khubchandani et al., 2021 ; Olagoke et al., 2020 ; Holman et al., 2020 ). In contrast to a few studies from outside the United States, the most critical finding of this study is that the quantity but not the quality of COVID-19 related information is associated with poor mental health outcomes and psychological distress ( Chao et al., 2020 ; Lee et al., 2020 ; Olagoke et al., 2020 ; Su et al., 2021 ).…”
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