Original title: Eating habits and lifestyle changes during COVID-19 lockdown: an Italian survey
Researchers asked people in Italy aged 12 and older about food, shopping, smoking, sleep, exercise, and weight during lockdown. The survey included 3,533 people, most of them women. Nearly half felt they had gained weight, while 38.3% reported a slight rise in physical activity, especially bodyweight training. The researchers say the findings are an early snapshot and need confirmation in larger studies.
Imagine keeping track of what your household eats and how everyone spends the day while staying home. It is hard to know whether a change is a lasting habit or just a short-term reaction to being stuck indoors. In this paper, the survey is that household record, capturing reported changes in eating and daily routines during Italy's lockdown.
Lockdowns can change how people eat, shop, sleep, and move. These results offer a snapshot of those changes among people in Italy, which can help public-health researchers identify habits worth studying as restrictions affect daily life.
The survey records respondents' reports during a short period in April 2020, so it does not establish lasting changes or prove that lockdown caused them. The authors say the results need confirmation in future, more extensive population studies. The respondent group was 76.1% female, so it may not represent the whole Italian population.
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Eating habits and lifestyle changes during COVID-19 lockdown: an Italian survey — Laura Di Renzo, Paola Gualtieri, Francesca Pivari et al. — Journal of Translational Medicine — doi:10.1186/s12967-020-02399-5
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