Quality of life and eating habits of patients with obesity during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Luciana Foppa, Ana Laura Rodriguez da Mota, Eliane Pinheiro de Morais
PMID 34816871WHAT IT FOUND
During the pandemic, following social distancing was not linked to quality of life or eating behavior among bariatric surgery candidates.
General quality of life scored 57.03 of 100, and lower quality of life went with more emotional and uncontrolled eating.
Key findings
01Following social distancing was not linked to quality of life or eating behavior scores.
02General quality of life scored 57.03 and cognitive restraint scored 61.11 on a 0 to 100 scale.
03Lower quality of life went with higher emotional eating and uncontrolled eating.
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What it does not show
This was a cross-sectional study, so it cannot show that social distancing caused changes in quality of life or eating behavior. Participants came from one hospital bariatric surgery program, and selection was from a lifestyle change group rather than a random sample. Of the 94 patients in the group, 18 missed the last meeting, 3 had already had surgery, and 5 did not answer after three attempts. This left 68 participants. Weight, height and comorbidities were taken from records, and questionnaire answers were self-reported by telephone. Data were collected in June 2020, before the pandemic peak in Rio Grande do Sul, so later effects may differ.
Declared interests
Funding was from FIPE, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, grant 2020-0236.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that pandemic restrictions worsened quality of life or eating behavior. The study found no statistically significant difference between participants who followed social distancing and those who did not, and it measured only one time point.