Exercise addiction fell following lockdown, but post-COVID-19 lockdown, exercise rates increased
TUESDAY, March 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 lockdowns are associated with an increase in self-reported eating disorder symptoms, according to a study published in the April issue of Psychiatry Research.
Mike Trott, from Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, England, and colleagues examined the effect of COVID-19 quarantines on morbid exercise, eating, and body image behaviors compared to pre- and post-COVID-19 lockdown. The analysis included 319 participants (mean age, 36.77 years; 84 percent female) who completed a battery of questions with 14-month follow-up.
The researchers found that exercise addiction scores were significantly lower post-COVID-19 lockdown, whereas eating disorder symptomology scores were significantly higher. Leisure-time exercise significantly increased post-COVID-19 lockdown. There were no differences seen for body dysmorphic disorder.
“We can’t say for certain that COVID-19 is responsible for this increase in behavior associated with eating disorders,” Trott said in a statement. “However, we do know that people often use food as a coping mechanism for stress, and clearly many people have been impacted by stressful events and significant changes over the last 12 months.”
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