Abstract
Introduction: Obesity is a problem affecting large proportions of the world population, in which 52% worldwide fall into the overweight and obesity group. With the recent occurrence of the COVID-19 lockdown, the affected population had to adapt by modifying their daily lifestyles and developing new habits in their everyday lives. Therefore, this scoping review aims to determine the influence of the lockdown on overweight and obesity among adults during this pandemic and its associated factors.
Methods: This scoping review was conducted by utilizing the established scoping review framework by Arksey & O'Malley. Scopus, PubMed, and Google Scholar databases were searched to identify studies that fulfilled our review objectives.
Results: Twelve studies met the inclusion criteria. Our scoping review highlighted that the period of lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic has some influence on obesity among the adult population. This influence is in the form of changes in eating behavior, including emotional eating and frequency of the meals and snacks, unhealthy dietary intake, lack of physical activity and increased time on sedentary behaviors. Certain sociodemographic characteristics include being female, older age, educational level, and economic and marital status, and influence on mental health and sleep, among contributing factors identified. Conclusion: Increased efforts to manage overweight and obesity need to be put in place mainly in the post-pandemic situation to curb the health impact of overweight and obesity.
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@proceedings{APCPH2022-P-31,
title = {COVID-19 Lockdown-related Overweight and Obesity among Adults: A Scoping Review},
author = {Nik Qistina Nik Abd Rahim and Elliza Mansor and Norliza Ahmad and Aidalina Mahmud},
url = {https://apcph.cphm.my/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/APCPH2022-P-31.pdf
https://apcph.cphm.my/wp-content/uploads/wpforms/1176-1e04940bb5d885bf8711ed19095a89ed/APCPH2022-P-31--f8e8a9fd3d2f45a70a789702fcd5e392.pdf},
year = {2022},
date = {2022-08-02},
urldate = {2022-08-02},
issue = {7},
abstract = {Introduction: Obesity is a problem affecting large proportions of the world population, in which 52% worldwide fall into the overweight and obesity group. With the recent occurrence of the COVID-19 lockdown, the affected population had to adapt by modifying their daily lifestyles and developing new habits in their everyday lives. Therefore, this scoping review aims to determine the influence of the lockdown on overweight and obesity among adults during this pandemic and its associated factors.
Methods: This scoping review was conducted by utilizing the established scoping review framework by Arksey \& O'Malley. Scopus, PubMed, and Google Scholar databases were searched to identify studies that fulfilled our review objectives.
Results: Twelve studies met the inclusion criteria. Our scoping review highlighted that the period of lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic has some influence on obesity among the adult population. This influence is in the form of changes in eating behavior, including emotional eating and frequency of the meals and snacks, unhealthy dietary intake, lack of physical activity and increased time on sedentary behaviors. Certain sociodemographic characteristics include being female, older age, educational level, and economic and marital status, and influence on mental health and sleep, among contributing factors identified. Conclusion: Increased efforts to manage overweight and obesity need to be put in place mainly in the post-pandemic situation to curb the health impact of overweight and obesity.},
howpublished = {published online at https://apcph.cphm.my},
note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: Ministry of Defence, Kuala Lumpur; Ministry of Health, Putrajaya; Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia},
keywords = {obesity; weight gain; lockdown; quarantine; COVID-19; pandemic; lifestyle change; review; influence},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}