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Increased mental stress, higher BMI (>25 kg/m2), increased alcohol consumption, and reduced sports activity are significant predictors of increased food intake during lockdown.
If you are experiencing high stress, drinking more alcohol, or exercising less during lockdown, you are at higher risk of increasing your food intake, especially if your BMI is above 25. Be mindful of these triggers.
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A multinominal regression model revealed that an increased food intake was less likely in male participants... and more likely with increasing BMI (OR, 1.4 [CI 1.3–2.0]), increased sports activity (OR, 1.3 [CI 1.2–1.8]), augmented mental stress (OR 1.4 [1.1–1.7]), and an alteration of alcohol consumption...
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Cross-sectional observational data with self-reported variables; regression analysis controls for some confounders but relies on self-report.
Source
Altered nutrition behavior during COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in young adults
Bruno Hüber et al. · European Journal of Nutrition · 2020
DOI 10.1007/s00394-020-02435-6
cross_sectional · n=1957Cited 291×
Read the paper DOI resolved against Crossref · corpus check 2026-06-10
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