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16-03-2024

COVID-19 and changes in young adults’ weight concerns

Auteurs: Megan Haas, Robert A. Ackerman, Chrystyna D. Kouros, Lauren M. Papp

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Behavioral Medicine | Uitgave 4/2024

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic introduced fundamental challenges to nearly all aspects of college students’ lives, yet changes in key domains of their health, including weight concerns, remain untested. The current study utilized a longitudinal project comprised of 355 young-adult college students (M_age=19.5, 66.8% female, 33.2% male) oversampled for recent substance use behavior. Participants completed multiple assessments (mode = 5) from September 2017 to September 2021. Piecewise growth-curve models tested whether COVID-19 onset was associated with changes in the trajectories of young adults’ weight concerns. Analyses also examined participants’ sex as a moderator of these trajectories. On average, participants reported a significant increase in weight concern levels around the start of COVID-19, although weight concern slopes were not significantly different before and after COVID-19. Additionally, moderation analyses showed that females (but not males) had a significant increase in weight concern levels after COVID-19 onset.

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Titel: COVID-19 and changes in young adults’ weight concerns
Auteurs: Megan Haas
Robert A. Ackerman
Chrystyna D. Kouros
Lauren M. Papp
Publicatiedatum: 16-03-2024
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Behavioral Medicine / Uitgave 4/2024
Print ISSN: 0160-7715
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3521
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-024-00481-7

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