Almousa Lujain Abdulaziz, Alagal Reham Ibrahim
Department of Health Sciences, College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Front Nutr. 2022 Oct 20;9:1029744. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2022.1029744. eCollection 2022.
BACKGROUND/AIM: The COVID-19 pandemic has been spreading throughout the world, having a significant impact on people's lifestyles and health through social isolation and home confinement. The purpose of this study is to look into the impact of COVID-19 on diet and physical activity, as well as the possible influence factors, among ≥ 13-year-olds in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
In the present study data were collected from 2,649 participants an online survey. The Google online questionnaire was available from April 23 to May 6, 2020. During the COVID-19 lockdown, the survey asked respondents about their demographic characteristics (gender, age, education, economic income, and occupation), anthropometric data, physical activity, and diet habits.
The study included 2,649 respondents, with 23.3% being male and 76.7% female. The majority of them were in good health and ranged in age from 21 to 29 years. 31% of those polled were overweight, and 14.3% were obese. The majority of respondents have a bachelor's degree, diploma, or the equivalent, and a monthly family income of ≤ 25.000 SR. Those who were following a healthy diet (32.3%) were unable to maintain it during confinement, with males being affected more than females (42.7%, 29.3%, respectively, = 0.004), and those most impacted were aged 21-29 years (38.0%, = 0.046). Furthermore, 59.5% of males significantly failed to continue exercising during confinement compared to females who exercised consistently ( = 0.01). In terms of age, females aged less than 40 increased their exercise rate by about 23.4%, while males aged 40 and up decreased their exercise rate by 25.7% ( = 0.000). Moreover, 40.5% of the subjects' weight increased, according to the findings. However, there was no significant effect on body mass index, despite the fact that 51% of participants were overweight or obese.
The data showed that the COVID-19 lockdown had a negative impact on maintaining a healthy diet ( = 0.023*) and physical activity ( = 0.000).
背景/目的：新冠疫情在全球蔓延，通过社交隔离和居家限制对人们的生活方式和健康产生了重大影响。本研究旨在调查新冠疫情对沙特阿拉伯利雅得13岁及以上人群饮食和身体活动的影响以及可能的影响因素。
在本研究中，通过在线调查收集了2649名参与者的数据。谷歌在线问卷于2020年4月23日至5月6日开放。在新冠疫情封锁期间，该调查询问了受访者的人口统计学特征（性别、年龄、教育程度、经济收入和职业）、人体测量数据、身体活动和饮食习惯。
该研究包括2649名受访者，其中男性占23.3%，女性占76.7%。他们大多数身体健康，年龄在21至29岁之间。31%的受访者超重，14.3%的受访者肥胖。大多数受访者拥有学士学位、文凭或同等学历，家庭月收入≤25000沙特里亚尔。遵循健康饮食的人（32.3%）在居家限制期间无法维持，男性受影响比女性更大（分别为42.7%和29.3%，P = 0.004），受影响最大的是21至29岁的人（38.0%，P = 0.046）。此外，与持续锻炼的女性相比，59.5%的男性在居家限制期间显著未能继续锻炼（P = 0.01）。在年龄方面，年龄小于40岁的女性锻炼率提高了约23.4%，而40岁及以上的男性锻炼率下降了25.7%（P = 0.000）。此外，根据研究结果，40.5%的受试者体重增加。然而，尽管51%的参与者超重或肥胖，但对体重指数没有显著影响。
数据显示，新冠疫情封锁对维持健康饮食（P = 0.023*）和身体活动（P = 0.000）有负面影响。
