Verly-Miguel Marcus, Lopes Claudia de Souza, Freitas Jade Veloso, Garcia Magno Conceição, Marques Marcio Candeias, Paravidino Vitor Barreto, Sichieri Rosely
Department of Epidemiology, Social Medicine Institute, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
National School of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
PLoS One. 2025 Jun 27;20(6):e0326856. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0326856. eCollection 2025.
This cross-sectional study aims to evaluate the association between anxiety and depression with changes in the consumption of hyperpalatable foods and meal patterns in a sample of 771 Brazilian university students during the social isolation period in the COVID-19 pandemic. More than half of the subjects self-reported clinically significant symptoms of anxiety (53.8%) and depression (62.5%), with 47.6% having both. Most individuals who showed increased consumption of hyperpalatable foods were also part of the group that reported clinically significant symptoms of anxiety or depression. Statistical analysis was performed using exploratory structural equations. The latent variable "symptoms of anxiety and depression" was created using the anxiety and depression scores. Symptoms of anxiety and depression had a positive correlation with the increased consumption of hyperpalatable foods and meal substitution (standardized coefficient = 0.212), after analysing their total direct and indirect effects. It was concluded that higher scores of anxiety and depression negatively affects the eating habits of university students.
这项横断面研究旨在评估在新冠疫情社会隔离期间，771名巴西大学生样本中焦虑和抑郁与高糖高脂食物消费变化及饮食模式之间的关联。超过半数的受试者自我报告有临床显著的焦虑症状（53.8%）和抑郁症状（62.5%），其中47.6%的人两者皆有。大多数高糖高脂食物消费增加的个体也属于报告有临床显著焦虑或抑郁症状的群体。使用探索性结构方程进行统计分析。通过焦虑和抑郁得分创建了潜在变量“焦虑和抑郁症状”。在分析焦虑和抑郁症状的总直接和间接影响后，发现它们与高糖高脂食物消费增加和饮食替代呈正相关（标准化系数 = 0.212）。研究得出结论，焦虑和抑郁得分较高会对大学生的饮食习惯产生负面影响。
