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Pourrazi H, Modaberi S, Kabiri R. Disordered Eating Attitudes During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Predictive Role of Physical Activity, Body Mass Index, and Gender. Arch Hyg Sci 2021; 10 (2) :133-142
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1- Department of Sport Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran.
2- Department of Sport Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, Allame Qazvini Institute, Qazvin, Iran.
2- Department of Sport Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, Allame Qazvini Institute, Qazvin, Iran.
Abstract: (1036 Views)
Background & Aims of the Study: COVID-19 pandemic has affected the essential components
of a healthy lifestyle, including healthy eating and physical activity. This study aimed to
investigate the disordered eating attitudes during the COVID-19 pandemic and the predictive
role of physical activity, body mass index, and gender.
Materials and Methods: A total of 705 Iranian men and women older than 18 years participated
in the present study from September 12 to October 3, 2020. The study data were collected online
by self-administered questionnaires. The eating attitudes test and Baecke physical activity
questionnaire were used for this purpose. One-sample t test, paired t test, and multivariate linear
regression were used to analyze the data (P<0.05).
Results: The present study results showed that only women experienced a significant increase
in disordered eating attitudes during the COVID-19 pandemic (P=0.0001), and no significant
change was observed in men in this regard (P=0.54). However, the COVID-19 pandemic has
significantly reduced physical activity levels in Iranian women and men (P=0.0001; P=0.001,
respectively). In this regard, three variables of physical activity, body mass index, and gender were
the most important predictors of disordered eating attitudes during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Conclusion: It seems that the COVID-19 pandemic has adverse consequences on essential
elements of a healthy lifestyle, including healthy eating and physical activity. Teaching nutritional
behaviors and using a healthy diet, and how to increase physical activity during the COVID-19
pandemic seems to be very vital and essential.
of a healthy lifestyle, including healthy eating and physical activity. This study aimed to
investigate the disordered eating attitudes during the COVID-19 pandemic and the predictive
role of physical activity, body mass index, and gender.
Materials and Methods: A total of 705 Iranian men and women older than 18 years participated
in the present study from September 12 to October 3, 2020. The study data were collected online
by self-administered questionnaires. The eating attitudes test and Baecke physical activity
questionnaire were used for this purpose. One-sample t test, paired t test, and multivariate linear
regression were used to analyze the data (P<0.05).
Results: The present study results showed that only women experienced a significant increase
in disordered eating attitudes during the COVID-19 pandemic (P=0.0001), and no significant
change was observed in men in this regard (P=0.54). However, the COVID-19 pandemic has
significantly reduced physical activity levels in Iranian women and men (P=0.0001; P=0.001,
respectively). In this regard, three variables of physical activity, body mass index, and gender were
the most important predictors of disordered eating attitudes during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Conclusion: It seems that the COVID-19 pandemic has adverse consequences on essential
elements of a healthy lifestyle, including healthy eating and physical activity. Teaching nutritional
behaviors and using a healthy diet, and how to increase physical activity during the COVID-19
pandemic seems to be very vital and essential.
Type of Study: Original Article |
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Received: 2020/12/31 | Accepted: 2021/02/13 | Published: 2021/02/9
Received: 2020/12/31 | Accepted: 2021/02/13 | Published: 2021/02/9
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