The impact of diet and lifestyle on wellbeing in adults during COVID-19 lockdown
A healthy diet and lifestyle may protect against adverse mental health outcomes, which is especially crucial during stressful times, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. This preregistered longitudinal online study explored whether diet and lifestyle (physical activity, sleep, and social interactions) wer...
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| author | Anne-Katrin Muth Anne-Katrin Muth Annabel Losecaat Vermeer Annabel Losecaat Vermeer Damiano Terenzi Damiano Terenzi Damiano Terenzi Soyoung Q. Park Soyoung Q. Park Soyoung Q. Park |
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| description | A healthy diet and lifestyle may protect against adverse mental health outcomes, which is especially crucial during stressful times, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. This preregistered longitudinal online study explored whether diet and lifestyle (physical activity, sleep, and social interactions) were associated with wellbeing and mood during a light lockdown in Germany. Participants (N = 117, 72 males; 28 ± 9 years old) answered mental health and lifestyle questionnaires (social connections, sleep, activity) followed by submitting 1 week of food and mood-lifestyle diary (food intake, positive and negative mood, mental wellbeing, sleep quality, physical activity level, quantity and quality of social interactions) via a smartphone app. We used multivariate linear and mixed-effects models to associate mood and wellbeing with dietary components and lifestyle factors. Interindividual analyses revealed that sleep and social interaction significantly impacted mood and wellbeing. Interestingly, fruit and vegetable intake correlated with wellbeing, even when controlling for all lifestyle factors. Fruit and vegetable intake also significantly correlated with daily fluctuations in wellbeing within individuals next to sleep, physical activity, and social interactions. We observed gender differences in fruit and vegetable intake and anxiety levels. Our results emphasize the importance of diet contributing to individual wellbeing, even in the challenging times of a pandemic. Future research is necessary to test if our findings could extend to other populations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c99103bbdcc448f68e3f7867d363accb2022-12-22T04:29:29ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Nutrition2296-861X2022-10-01910.3389/fnut.2022.993180993180The impact of diet and lifestyle on wellbeing in adults during COVID-19 lockdownAnne-Katrin Muth0Anne-Katrin Muth1Annabel Losecaat Vermeer2Annabel Losecaat Vermeer3Damiano Terenzi4Damiano Terenzi5Damiano Terenzi6Soyoung Q. Park7Soyoung Q. Park8Soyoung Q. Park9Department of Decision Neuroscience and Nutrition, German Institute of Human Nutrition (DIfE), Potsdam-Rehbrücke, GermanyNeuroscience Research Center, and Berlin Institute of Health, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, GermanyDepartment of Decision Neuroscience and Nutrition, German Institute of Human Nutrition (DIfE), Potsdam-Rehbrücke, GermanyNeuroscience Research Center, and Berlin Institute of Health, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, GermanyDepartment of Decision Neuroscience and Nutrition, German Institute of Human Nutrition (DIfE), Potsdam-Rehbrücke, GermanyNeuroscience Research Center, and Berlin Institute of Health, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, GermanyDeutsches Zentrum für Diabetes, Neuherberg, GermanyDepartment of Decision Neuroscience and Nutrition, German Institute of Human Nutrition (DIfE), Potsdam-Rehbrücke, GermanyNeuroscience Research Center, and Berlin Institute of Health, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, GermanyDeutsches Zentrum für Diabetes, Neuherberg, GermanyA healthy diet and lifestyle may protect against adverse mental health outcomes, which is especially crucial during stressful times, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. This preregistered longitudinal online study explored whether diet and lifestyle (physical activity, sleep, and social interactions) were associated with wellbeing and mood during a light lockdown in Germany. Participants (N = 117, 72 males; 28 ± 9 years old) answered mental health and lifestyle questionnaires (social connections, sleep, activity) followed by submitting 1 week of food and mood-lifestyle diary (food intake, positive and negative mood, mental wellbeing, sleep quality, physical activity level, quantity and quality of social interactions) via a smartphone app. We used multivariate linear and mixed-effects models to associate mood and wellbeing with dietary components and lifestyle factors. Interindividual analyses revealed that sleep and social interaction significantly impacted mood and wellbeing. Interestingly, fruit and vegetable intake correlated with wellbeing, even when controlling for all lifestyle factors. Fruit and vegetable intake also significantly correlated with daily fluctuations in wellbeing within individuals next to sleep, physical activity, and social interactions. We observed gender differences in fruit and vegetable intake and anxiety levels. Our results emphasize the importance of diet contributing to individual wellbeing, even in the challenging times of a pandemic. Future research is necessary to test if our findings could extend to other populations.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2022.993180/fulleating behaviormental healthCOVID-19genderactivity |
| spellingShingle | Anne-Katrin Muth Anne-Katrin Muth Annabel Losecaat Vermeer Annabel Losecaat Vermeer Damiano Terenzi Damiano Terenzi Damiano Terenzi Soyoung Q. Park Soyoung Q. Park Soyoung Q. Park The impact of diet and lifestyle on wellbeing in adults during COVID-19 lockdown Frontiers in Nutrition eating behavior mental health COVID-19 gender activity |
| title | The impact of diet and lifestyle on wellbeing in adults during COVID-19 lockdown |
| title_full | The impact of diet and lifestyle on wellbeing in adults during COVID-19 lockdown |
| title_fullStr | The impact of diet and lifestyle on wellbeing in adults during COVID-19 lockdown |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of diet and lifestyle on wellbeing in adults during COVID-19 lockdown |
| title_short | The impact of diet and lifestyle on wellbeing in adults during COVID-19 lockdown |
| title_sort | impact of diet and lifestyle on wellbeing in adults during covid 19 lockdown |
| topic | eating behavior mental health COVID-19 gender activity |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2022.993180/full |
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