Chadia Haddad|Mirvat Zakhour|Maria Bou kheir|Rima Haddad|Myriam Al Hachach|Hala Sacre|Pascale Salameh
Association between eating behavior and quarantine/confinement stressors during the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak
Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse|Institut d’Epidémiologie Neurologique et de Neurologie Tropicale|Lebanese University|University of Paris-Saclay|Uppsala University|Lebanese University|Lebanese University|University of Nicosia|Lebanese University|University of Nicosia
quarantineconfinement effective measure face coronavirus disease 2019 covid19 consequently response stressful situation people confined homes may change everyday eating behavior therefore primary objective study evaluate association quarantineconfinement stressors eating behavior covid19 outbreak secondary objective compare association quarantineconfinement stressors diet behavior two groups participants attending diet clinics general populationa crosssectional webbased online survey carried april 3 18 2020 enrolled 407 participants lebanese population eating disorder examination questionnaire edeq used measure behavioral features eating disordersmore half sample 530 abide home quarantineconfinement 954 living someone quarantineconfinement 396 continued work home higher fear covid19 found 182 448 participants higher boredom 200 492 participants higher anger 187 463 higher anxiety 197 485 participants higher fear covid19 beta 002 higher bmi beta 005 physical activity beta 104 significantly associated higher restraint score higher anxiety higher fear covid19 higher bmi practicing physical exercise higher number adults living quarantineconfinement significantly associated higher shape weight concernsour results showed fear covid19 correlated eating restraint weight shape concerns whole sample specifically dietitian clients group public health control measures needed reduce detrimental effects psychological distress associated quarantineconfinement eating behaviors covid19 outbreak