Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on obesity among adults in Jordan
COVID-19 is a severe acute respiratory syndrome that mainly affects the human respiratory system. Unhealthy nutritional habits and obesity are expected as consequences of protective measures including quarantine. Obesity, in its growing prevalence, is a worldwide health issue associated with worseni...
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| author | Taha Rababah Muhammad Al-U'datt Malak M. Angor Sana Gammoh Rana Rababah Ghazi Magableh Ali Almajwal Yara AL-Rayyan Numan AL-Rayyan Numan AL-Rayyan |
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| description | COVID-19 is a severe acute respiratory syndrome that mainly affects the human respiratory system. Unhealthy nutritional habits and obesity are expected as consequences of protective measures including quarantine. Obesity, in its growing prevalence, is a worldwide health issue associated with worsening health conditions. This is a cross-sectional study to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on obesity among Jordanian adults and across epidemiological statuses. Participants were randomly selected, and the survey was distributed on social media networking sites. A total of 672 subjects were surveyed and participated in the study between March and June 2021 via Google Form questionnaire. The results indicated that 74.4% of participants reported that they did not do any physical activity, and 43.5% changed their lifestyle and eating habits for the worse. During the COVID-19 pandemic, almost half of the participants reported an increase in hunger, consuming 3–4 meals/day, and consuming < 1 liter of water/day. Additionally, more than half of the participants reported no change in fat, cereals, and protein consumption, 46.4 % had no change in fruit and vegetable consumption, and 50.6% increased their consumption of sweets. Our results showed a significant increase in the self-reported BMI categories during the COVID-19 pandemic for all ages (p < 0.001). Change in weight and BMI was significantly associated with marital status, education level, living place, family size, family working members, and working status. Participants across all epidemiological statuses displayed a statistically significant increase in BMI. This study was conducted to observe the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on health behaviors and obesity among Jordanian adults and across epidemiological statuses. We found that there were significant negative changes in the lifestyle (physical activity) and eating behaviors of Jordanians during the COVID-19 quarantine which in turn increased their body weight and changed the obesity rate. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-becf4c73bf35495c8e067325c0a42b5e2023-01-20T07:51:58ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Nutrition2296-861X2023-01-011010.3389/fnut.2023.11140761114076Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on obesity among adults in JordanTaha Rababah0Muhammad Al-U'datt1Malak M. Angor2Sana Gammoh3Rana Rababah4Ghazi Magableh5Ali Almajwal6Yara AL-Rayyan7Numan AL-Rayyan8Numan AL-Rayyan9Department of Nutrition and Food Technology, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, JordanDepartment of Nutrition and Food Technology, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, JordanNutrition and Food Processing Department, Al-Huson College, Al-Balqa Applied University, Salt, JordanDepartment of Nutrition and Food Technology, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, JordanDepartment of Nutrition and Food Technology, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, JordanIndustrial Engineering Department–Yarmouk University, Yarmouk University, Irbid, JordanCollege of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaCollege of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United StatesSchool of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United StatesNational Agricultural Research Center, Al-Baqa'a, JordanCOVID-19 is a severe acute respiratory syndrome that mainly affects the human respiratory system. Unhealthy nutritional habits and obesity are expected as consequences of protective measures including quarantine. Obesity, in its growing prevalence, is a worldwide health issue associated with worsening health conditions. This is a cross-sectional study to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on obesity among Jordanian adults and across epidemiological statuses. Participants were randomly selected, and the survey was distributed on social media networking sites. A total of 672 subjects were surveyed and participated in the study between March and June 2021 via Google Form questionnaire. The results indicated that 74.4% of participants reported that they did not do any physical activity, and 43.5% changed their lifestyle and eating habits for the worse. During the COVID-19 pandemic, almost half of the participants reported an increase in hunger, consuming 3–4 meals/day, and consuming < 1 liter of water/day. Additionally, more than half of the participants reported no change in fat, cereals, and protein consumption, 46.4 % had no change in fruit and vegetable consumption, and 50.6% increased their consumption of sweets. Our results showed a significant increase in the self-reported BMI categories during the COVID-19 pandemic for all ages (p < 0.001). Change in weight and BMI was significantly associated with marital status, education level, living place, family size, family working members, and working status. Participants across all epidemiological statuses displayed a statistically significant increase in BMI. This study was conducted to observe the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on health behaviors and obesity among Jordanian adults and across epidemiological statuses. We found that there were significant negative changes in the lifestyle (physical activity) and eating behaviors of Jordanians during the COVID-19 quarantine which in turn increased their body weight and changed the obesity rate.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2023.1114076/fullobesityCOVID-19lifestyleJordanBMIpandemic |
| spellingShingle | Taha Rababah Muhammad Al-U'datt Malak M. Angor Sana Gammoh Rana Rababah Ghazi Magableh Ali Almajwal Yara AL-Rayyan Numan AL-Rayyan Numan AL-Rayyan Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on obesity among adults in Jordan Frontiers in Nutrition obesity COVID-19 lifestyle Jordan BMI pandemic |
| title | Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on obesity among adults in Jordan |
| title_full | Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on obesity among adults in Jordan |
| title_fullStr | Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on obesity among adults in Jordan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on obesity among adults in Jordan |
| title_short | Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on obesity among adults in Jordan |
| title_sort | impact of covid 19 pandemic on obesity among adults in jordan |
| topic | obesity COVID-19 lifestyle Jordan BMI pandemic |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2023.1114076/full |
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