Souto Caroline Rodrigues, Salaroli Luciane Bresciani, da Silva Gabriela Grillo, Cattafesta Monica, Silva Yasmin Franco Rodrigues, Soares Fabíola Lacerda Pires
Graduate Program in Nutrition and Health, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Vitória, Brazil.
Graduate Program in Public Health, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Vitória, Brazil.
Front Nutr. 2024 Feb 15;11:1329788. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2024.1329788. eCollection 2024.
University students have been particularly affected during the COVID-19 pandemic, and several sociodemographic and behavioral factors may be associated with the risk of overweight in this population. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of the pandemic on the eating behavior and nutritional status of university students, and the factors associated with these changes, especially the role of intuitive eating in this process.
This is a repeated measures observational study with data collected in the first and third year of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, from students over the age of 18 in the undergraduate programs of a federal university in southeastern Brazil. The survey was conducted using an online form. Eating behavior was assessed using the "Intuitive Eating Scale-2".
251 university students took part, most of them female with a median age of 22. There was an increase in body mass index (BMI) and intuitive eating score between the two periods. In the first year of the pandemic, being female and using tobacco reduced the chances of students being overweight. Living in a marital relationship, worrying about weight gain and body dissatisfaction increased the chances of this outcome. In the third year of the pandemic, it was observed that practicing restrictive diets, having inadequate body perception, worrying about weight gain and living in a marital relationship increased the chances of students being overweight. Being female and eating more intuitively, in line with bodily needs, reduced these odds, demonstrating a protective role in this scenario.
There was an increase in BMI and intuitive eating score during the pandemic. Sociodemographic, lifestyle and behavioral variables had both a positive and negative influence on nutritional status. Intuitive eating was shown to be a protective factor during this period, reducing the chances of being overweight in this population. Thus, more intuitive eating may favor greater weight stability, and may, therefore, have helped to reduce the impact of the pandemic on weight gain. In this way, people who ate more intuitively partially resisted the context that favored weight gain (stress, changes in diet and physical inactivity).
在新冠疫情期间，大学生受到的影响尤为显著，一些社会人口统计学和行为因素可能与该人群超重风险相关。本研究旨在评估疫情对大学生饮食行为和营养状况的影响，以及与这些变化相关的因素，特别是直觉饮食在此过程中的作用。
这是一项重复测量观察性研究，数据收集于巴西新冠疫情的第一年和第三年，来自巴西东南部一所联邦大学本科项目中18岁以上的学生。调查通过在线表格进行。饮食行为采用“直觉饮食量表-2”进行评估。
251名大学生参与了研究，其中大多数为女性，年龄中位数为22岁。两个时期之间体重指数（BMI）和直觉饮食得分均有所增加。在疫情的第一年，女性和吸烟会降低学生超重的几率。处于婚姻关系、担心体重增加和身体不满意会增加这种结果的几率。在疫情的第三年，观察到实行限制性饮食、身体认知不足、担心体重增加和处于婚姻关系会增加学生超重的几率。女性且更直觉地饮食，即根据身体需求饮食，会降低这些几率，在这种情况下显示出保护作用。
疫情期间BMI和直觉饮食得分有所增加。社会人口统计学、生活方式和行为变量对营养状况既有积极影响也有消极影响。直觉饮食在这一时期被证明是一个保护因素，降低了该人群超重的几率。因此，更多的直觉饮食可能有利于体重更稳定，从而可能有助于减少疫情对体重增加的影响。通过这种方式，更直觉饮食的人部分抵御了有利于体重增加的环境（压力、饮食变化和身体活动不足）。
