Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
Appetite. 2021 Jul 1;162:105163. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2021.105163. Epub 2021 Feb 12.
The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic has created widespread stress. Since many people cope with stress by eating, the current study investigated whether eating behaviors shifted among U.S. adults after the emergence of the pandemic. Data from national, crowdsourced surveys conducted on March 31st, 2020 and February 13th, 2019 were compared. Average levels of eating to cope and food addiction symptoms did not appear to shift during the early stages of the pandemic; however, U.S. adults ate about 14% more added sugars. Moreover, greater stress in response to the pandemic was associated with greater eating to cope, added sugars intake, food addiction symptoms, drinking to cope, and drinking frequency. These associations differed by the presence of state-level stay-at-home orders, perceived vulnerability to disease, age, U.S. political party affiliation, and gender. Although eating behaviors did not appear to majorly shift during the early stages of the pandemic, stress from the pandemic may intensify some maladaptive coping tendencies among U.S. adults.
新型冠状病毒（SARS-CoV-2，COVID-19）大流行引发了广泛的压力。由于许多人通过进食来应对压力，因此本研究调查了大流行出现后美国成年人的饮食行为是否发生了变化。将 2020 年 3 月 31 日和 2019 年 2 月 13 日进行的全国性、众包调查的数据进行了比较。在大流行的早期阶段，应对压力而进食和食物成瘾症状的平均水平似乎并未发生变化；然而，美国成年人摄入的添加糖增加了约 14%。此外，对大流行的更大压力与更多的应对进食、添加糖摄入量、食物成瘾症状、饮酒应对和饮酒频率有关。这些关联因州级居家令的存在、对疾病的易感性、年龄、美国政党归属和性别而异。尽管在大流行的早期阶段，饮食行为似乎没有发生重大变化，但大流行带来的压力可能会加剧美国成年人一些适应不良的应对倾向。
