Physical Activity, Eating Habits and Mental Health during COVID-19 Lockdown Period in Serbian Adolescents
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted almost every aspect of life, especially daily physical activity and healthy eating habits but also mental health. Our study aimed to examine the relationship between the physical activity level, eating habits and mental health of Serbian adolescents during the COVI...
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| author | Višnja Đorđić Milan Cvetković Boris Popović Danilo Radanović Milica Lazić Biljana Cvetković Slobodan Andrašić Svetlana Buišić Miroslav Marković |
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| description | The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted almost every aspect of life, especially daily physical activity and healthy eating habits but also mental health. Our study aimed to examine the relationship between the physical activity level, eating habits and mental health of Serbian adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 3506 students from the territory of the Republic of Serbia participated in this study. IPAQ-short version and HBSC-FFQ were used to assess physical activity level and eating habits, along with self-rated health. Moderate correlations were identified between physical activity, eating habits and mental health, along with average physical activity, very high life satisfaction (β = 0.177, <i>p</i> < 0.01) and very low emotional distress (β = −0.150, <i>p</i> < 0.01). A significant predictor of mental health was the frequency of breakfast on weekdays (β = 0.167, <i>p</i> < 0.01 for life satisfaction and β = −0.153, <i>p</i> < 0.01 for emotional distress), but not on weekends. Since the pandemic’s course is uncertain, the focus should be on maintaining good physical activity, nutrition and well-being. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c65a9e99d5bd43e0808a143b540fb3952023-11-23T11:13:46ZengMDPI AGHealthcare2227-90322022-04-0110583410.3390/healthcare10050834Physical Activity, Eating Habits and Mental Health during COVID-19 Lockdown Period in Serbian AdolescentsVišnja Đorđić0Milan Cvetković1Boris Popović2Danilo Radanović3Milica Lazić4Biljana Cvetković5Slobodan Andrašić6Svetlana Buišić7Miroslav Marković8Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Novi Sad, 21101 Novi Sad, SerbiaFaculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Novi Sad, 21101 Novi Sad, SerbiaFaculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Novi Sad, 21101 Novi Sad, SerbiaFaculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Novi Sad, 21101 Novi Sad, SerbiaDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad, 21101 Novi Sad, SerbiaInstitute of Food Technology in Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad, 21101 Novi Sad, SerbiaFaculty of Economics, University of Novi Sad, 24000 Subotica, SerbiaFaculty of Education in Sombor, University of Novi Sad, 21101 Novi Sad, SerbiaInstitute for Improvement of Education, 11000 Belgrade, SerbiaThe COVID-19 pandemic has impacted almost every aspect of life, especially daily physical activity and healthy eating habits but also mental health. Our study aimed to examine the relationship between the physical activity level, eating habits and mental health of Serbian adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 3506 students from the territory of the Republic of Serbia participated in this study. IPAQ-short version and HBSC-FFQ were used to assess physical activity level and eating habits, along with self-rated health. Moderate correlations were identified between physical activity, eating habits and mental health, along with average physical activity, very high life satisfaction (β = 0.177, <i>p</i> < 0.01) and very low emotional distress (β = −0.150, <i>p</i> < 0.01). A significant predictor of mental health was the frequency of breakfast on weekdays (β = 0.167, <i>p</i> < 0.01 for life satisfaction and β = −0.153, <i>p</i> < 0.01 for emotional distress), but not on weekends. Since the pandemic’s course is uncertain, the focus should be on maintaining good physical activity, nutrition and well-being.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/10/5/834body movementnutritionwell-beingisolationadolescents |
| spellingShingle | Višnja Đorđić Milan Cvetković Boris Popović Danilo Radanović Milica Lazić Biljana Cvetković Slobodan Andrašić Svetlana Buišić Miroslav Marković Physical Activity, Eating Habits and Mental Health during COVID-19 Lockdown Period in Serbian Adolescents Healthcare body movement nutrition well-being isolation adolescents |
| title | Physical Activity, Eating Habits and Mental Health during COVID-19 Lockdown Period in Serbian Adolescents |
| title_full | Physical Activity, Eating Habits and Mental Health during COVID-19 Lockdown Period in Serbian Adolescents |
| title_fullStr | Physical Activity, Eating Habits and Mental Health during COVID-19 Lockdown Period in Serbian Adolescents |
| title_full_unstemmed | Physical Activity, Eating Habits and Mental Health during COVID-19 Lockdown Period in Serbian Adolescents |
| title_short | Physical Activity, Eating Habits and Mental Health during COVID-19 Lockdown Period in Serbian Adolescents |
| title_sort | physical activity eating habits and mental health during covid 19 lockdown period in serbian adolescents |
| topic | body movement nutrition well-being isolation adolescents |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/10/5/834 |
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