Analysis of the impact of COVID-19 epidemic on weight gain in Chinese adult and its related factors

SONG Yue-ping; LONG Xiu-chen

doi:10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2021.04.003

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SONG Yue-ping, LONG Xiu-chen. Analysis of the impact of COVID-19 epidemic on weight gain in Chinese adult and its related factors[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION, 2021, 25(4): 384-388. doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2021.04.003

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SONG Yue-ping, LONG Xiu-chen. Analysis of the impact of COVID-19 epidemic on weight gain in Chinese adult and its related factors[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION, 2021, 25(4): 384-388. doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2021.04.003

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Analysis of the impact of COVID-19 epidemic on weight gain in Chinese adult and its related factors

doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2021.04.003

SONG Yue-ping^{1
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LONG Xiu-chen²

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Institute of Health Science Research and Center for Population and Development Studies, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China
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Major in Social Medicine and Health Service Management, School of Sociology and Population Studies, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China

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Scientific Research Fund of Renmin University of China (Special Fund for Basic Scientific Research Operation Fees of Central Universities) 19XNA006

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Corresponding author: SONG Yue-ping, E-mail: songyueping@ruc.edu.cn
Received Date: 2021-02-17
Rev Recd Date: 2021-03-18

Available Online: 2021-05-11

Publish Date: 2021-04-10

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Objective To analyze the impact of COVID-19 epidemic on body weight gain for adults in China. Methods Based on the General Impacts Survey of COVID-19 conducted by National Survey Research Center at Renmin University of China, which use random digital dialing method to sample respondents over 18 years old from all prefectural level areas in China, this study included 2 051 adult samples. The Pearson Chi-square test was used to examine the differences in the weight gain of different demographic groups, and multiple Logistic regression models were used to analyze the factors of the weight gain. Results A total of 29.30% adults reported weight gain. And multivariate Logistic analysis showed that women, young people, urban dwellers, residents in Hubei Province, living in communities which had confirmed cases, never had been quarantined or treated at assembly sites, high-educated, and low-income population had higher chance to gain weight (all P < 0.05). Conclusion The short-term increase of body weight affected by the epidemic may lead to long-term health effects for some people. Adults who have high risk of weight gain during the epidemic need to be paid more attention to, and epidemic prevention measures and proposed guidance also need to realize the health risk in this period.
- COVID-19,
- Weight gain,
- Health

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