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Dieters in the Covid-19 Pandemic: Risk for Eating Disorders and Their Association with Food Cravings and Intuitive Eating Traits

by
Jônatas Oliveira
1,*,
Isis de Carvalho Stelmo
2,
Mariana Bueno Netto Santaella
1 and
Táki Athanássios Cordás
1
1
Eating Disorders Program (AMBULIM/PROTAD), Institute of Psychiatry, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo 01060-970, Brazil
2
Department of Psychology, University of Roehampton, London SW15 5PJ, UK
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Obesities 2022, 2(3), 256-263; https://doi.org/10.3390/obesities2030020
Submission received: 28 June 2022 / Accepted: 22 July 2022 / Published: 24 July 2022
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Abstract

Objectives: To characterize a group of university students in social isolation regarding their eating behaviors and to investigate whether dieters have a tendency to engage in binge-eating. Study Design: Cross-sectional study carried out during Brazil’s first months of social isolation. Methods: University students filled out the Eating Attitudes Test—EAT, the Binge-eating Scale—BES, and the Hay questionnaire. In addition, the current research also evaluated food cravings (FC) and intuitive eating. Student’s t-test was used to compare the effect sizes (Cohen’s d) between groups. Results: More than 90% of participants were isolated from academic activities, and 68% reported significant dietary change. Those who dieted (n = 57) were less confident in signs of hunger and satiety (d = −0.9, p < 0.001) and had higher binge-eating and FC levels than those who did not diet. Conclusions: Data reinforces the high prevalence of risk for eating disorders in university students, the impact of dieting on FC, and intuitive eating during social isolation.
Keywords: dieting; food craving; binge-eating; eating disorders; COVID-19 dieting; food craving; binge-eating; eating disorders; COVID-19

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Oliveira, J.; Stelmo, I.d.C.; Santaella, M.B.N.; Cordás, T.A. Dieters in the Covid-19 Pandemic: Risk for Eating Disorders and Their Association with Food Cravings and Intuitive Eating Traits. Obesities 2022, 2, 256-263. https://doi.org/10.3390/obesities2030020

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Oliveira J, Stelmo IdC, Santaella MBN, Cordás TA. Dieters in the Covid-19 Pandemic: Risk for Eating Disorders and Their Association with Food Cravings and Intuitive Eating Traits. Obesities. 2022; 2(3):256-263. https://doi.org/10.3390/obesities2030020

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Oliveira, Jônatas, Isis de Carvalho Stelmo, Mariana Bueno Netto Santaella, and Táki Athanássios Cordás. 2022. "Dieters in the Covid-19 Pandemic: Risk for Eating Disorders and Their Association with Food Cravings and Intuitive Eating Traits" Obesities 2, no. 3: 256-263. https://doi.org/10.3390/obesities2030020

APA Style

Oliveira, J., Stelmo, I. d. C., Santaella, M. B. N., & Cordás, T. A. (2022). Dieters in the Covid-19 Pandemic: Risk for Eating Disorders and Their Association with Food Cravings and Intuitive Eating Traits. Obesities, 2(3), 256-263. https://doi.org/10.3390/obesities2030020

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