Rita Francisco, Beatriz Raposo, Mafalda Hormigo, Mónica Sesifredo, Ana Carvalho, Ana Justo, Cristina Albuquerque Godinho
#EntreViagenseAprendizagens: study protocol of a school-based intervention to promote well-being and healthy lifestyles among adolescents
Frontiers in psychology
2019 recent coronavirus without doubt one complicated viruses ever pose threat humanity numerous viral containment strategies forced sedentary behaviors dietary changes wouldotherwise increase chances acquiring noncommunicable diseases objectives current study identify changes eating behaviors mediterranean diet adherence sample egyptians throughout covid19 era crosssectional study done sample 205 egyptians online selfadministered questionnaire questionnaire included sociodemographic factors selfreported weights heights validated arabic form wellknown international physical activity questionnaire short form ipaqsf validated arabic version 14items mediterranean diet adherence screener medas addition section assessing dietetic changes data analyzed using spss version 20 statistical package social sciences majority study sample females 746 high level education 932 75 married participants nonsmokers around 7 increased frequency smoking covid19 pandemic fast food consumption also reported major percentage study participants 60 low mediterranean diet adherence found 527 moreover physical activity pa decreased 61 moreover statistically significant increase seen participants bmi well number sleeping hours p 0001 0043 respectively pandemic changed hunger sensation changes physical activity significantly associated increased bmi p 0001 substantial proportion participants showed unhealthy changes dietary habits well physical activity consequently calls urgent public health policies interventions guard consequences unhealthy behaviors