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Greater exposure to COVID-19-related media is associated with increased dietary restriction intentions and binge eating intentions, but not necessarily past-week restriction behaviors.
High exposure to pandemic-related media is linked to increased intentions to restrict food or binge eat. To mitigate this, limit your consumption of pandemic news and focus on positive or neutral content to reduce anxiety-driven eating behaviors.
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Greater exposure to COVID-19-related media was associated with increased eating restriction over the past week... [and] greater COVID-19-related media exposure (OR = 1.20, 95% CI [1.11, 1.31], P < 0.001) were also associated with a higher likelihood of binge eating intentions
Why this rating
Large sample, significant associations, though cross-sectional.
Source
COVID-19 pandemic lockdown and problematic eating behaviors in a student population
Valentin Flaudias et al. · Journal of Behavioral Addictions · 2020
DOI 10.1556/2006.2020.00053
cross_sectional · n=5738Cited 199×
Read the paper DOI resolved against Crossref · corpus check 2026-06-10
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