Changes in eating habits and sedentary behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic in adolescents with chronic conditions

  1. Bruna Caruso Mazzolani
  2. Fabiana Infante Smaira
  3. Camilla Astley
  4. Amanda Yuri Iraha
  5. Ana Jessica Pinto
  6. Isabela Gouveia Marques
  7. Milla Cordeiro Amarante
  8. Nathalia Saffioti Rezende
  9. Sofia Mendes Sieczkowska
  10. Tathiane Christine Franco
  11. Luana Cristina do Amaral Miranda
  12. Lívia Lindoso
  13. Alberto Carame Helito
  14. Jane Oba
  15. Ligia Bruni Queiroz
  16. Rosa Maria R Pereira
  17. Hamilton Roschel
  18. Clovis Artur Silva
  19. Bruno Gualano
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Abstract

Purpose

To report on the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on eating habits and sedentary behavior among adolescents with multiple chronic conditions (n=347) from a tertiary, referral hospitalvs. healthy peers.

Methods

This observational study was conducted in Sao Paulo (Brazil) between July and October 2020, period in which a set of social distancing measures to contain the pandemic.

Results

The main findings of this study were that adolescents with chronic conditions showed important changes in eating habits (e.g., less often consumption of convenience foods and more often eating in front of television than before quarantine). Also, 86.8% of adolescents with chronic conditions reported increasing screen time during pandemic. No major differences were observed between patients and controls.

Conclusions

Adolescents with chronic conditions exposed to pandemic showed substantial changes in lifestyle, stressing the need for specific care to mitigate poor eating habits and excessive sedentary behavior in this group.

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