Brown, Adrian;
Flint, Stuart W;
Dicken, Samuel J;
Kalea, Anastasia Z;
O'Kane, Mary;
Williams, Simon;
Wong, Erika;
(2022)
The impact of living through COVID-19 pandemic on mental health, food insecurity, loneliness and health behaviours in people with obesity.
Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics
10.1111/jhn.13120.
(In press).
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Abstract
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted people living with obesity. The aim was to examine the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of people living with obesity and associations with food insecurity, loneliness and health-related behaviours. Methods: The study recruited 1187 UK adults living with obesity who completed an online survey, which examined mental health and associations with food insecurity, loneliness and health-related behaviours from July 2020 (end of the first lockdown in the United Kingdom) to the point they completed the survey in 2021. Regression analyses were used to examine relationships between outcome variables and demographic factors, and hierarchical linear regression models were used to assess levels of loneliness, depression and well-being. Results: Participants reported worse loneliness, depression, well-being and food insecurity compared to pre-COVID. However, participants reported attempting to lose weight, healthier food shopping, diet and increased physical activity. Quality and quantity of sleep deteriorated compared to prior to COVID-19. Conclusions: Adults living with obesity in the United Kingdom report a continued negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic upon their mental health together with increased loneliness and food insecurity. However, our findings suggest that UK adults living with obesity have increased their engagement in positive health behaviours and were attempting to lose weight.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The impact of living through COVID-19 pandemic on mental health, food insecurity, loneliness and health behaviours in people with obesity |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/jhn.13120 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/jhn.13120 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2022 The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐Non Commercial‐No Derivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10161180 |
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