The Role of COVID-19 Pandemic and Confinement in the Nutritional and Mental Aspects of the General Population
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Public Health".
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Interests: human nutrition; human wellness; public health; nutritional pathophysiology
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Interests: nutrition; anthropometry; physical activity; diet
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Dear Colleagues,
The COVID-19 pandemic began at the end of 2019, affecting several aspects of peoples’ daily lives, particularly including several nutritional and mental aspects of the general population. To prevent the disease from spreading, countries were obliged to enact stringent health regulations and social segregation policies. As a result of the psychological repercussions and restrictions imposed by the lockdown, the pandemic itself led to worsening lifestyle patterns worldwide, including an elevation in the intake of unhealthy foods and a decline in both compliance to healthy dietary patterns like the Mediterranean diet and physical activity. The COVID-19 pandemic also has important detrimental consequences on several aspects of mental health; thus, the WHO has stressed that the mental health of the general population is an issue of great priority. Several substantial research studies have shown that during the COVID-19 pandemic, the mental health of the general population was worsened compared with the time prior to the pandemic. The prevalence of several mental disorders, such as depression, anxiety, and stress, has significantly increased, leading to antisocial behaviors, social isolation, and loneliness. Many people have experienced negative emotional effects due to the fear of contagion and the unexpected death of relatives or friends due to COVID-19 infection, or its short- or long-term complications. Moreover, the incidence of eating disorders related with a pathopsychological background, such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder, has also increased in the general population worldwide. Alarmingly, even if the COVID-19 pandemic has now been attenuated, its long-term adverse effects related with unhealthy nutritional habits and the increased prevalence of mental disorders still persist, negatively affecting the quality of life of the general population worldwide. In view of the above considerations, this Special Issue aims to focus on the role of the COVID-19 pandemic and confinement in terms of the nutritional and mental aspects of the general population, highlighting the strong demand to perform novel research studies to ameliorate the persistent long-term adverse effects related with unhealthy nutritional habits and the increased prevalence of mental disorders in an attempt to improve the quality of life of the general population worldwide.
Dr. Constantinos Giaginis
Dr. Sousana Papadopoulou
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- COVID-19 pandemic
- human nutrition
- public health
- mental health
- nutritional interventions
- mental disorders
- quality of life
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