TY - JOUR
T1 - Healthy Lifestyle Habits in Latin American University Students during COVID-19 Pandemic
T2 - A Multi-Center Study
AU - Valdés-Badilla, Pablo
AU - Parra-Soto, Solange Liliana
AU - Murillo, Ana Gabriela
AU - Gomez, Georgina
AU - Araneda, Jacqueline
AU - Durán-Agüero, Samuel
AU - Morales, Gladys
AU - Ríos-Castillo, Israel
AU - Carpio Arias, Valeria
AU - Cavagnari, Brian M.
AU - Nava-González, Edna J.
AU - Camacho López, Saby
AU - Bejarano-Roncancio, Jhon Jairo
AU - Núñez-Martínez, Beatriz
AU - Cordón-Arrivillaga, Karla
AU - Meza-Miranda, Eliana Romina
AU - Mauricio-Alza, Saby
AU - Landaeta-Díaz, Leslie
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 American Nutrition Association.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Background: Deterioration in the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and healthy eating behavior due to the effect of COVID-19 lockdown has been reported. The aim of this study was to associate eating habits and HRQoL with physical activity behavior in Latin American university students during COVID-19 pandemic.Methods: Measured 4,859 university students with a mean age of 22.4 years and they were mostly female (73.7%) from 10 Latin American countries (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay and, Peru). Eating habits were measured using a survey validated with other university students, HRQoL was assessments using the short version of the World Health Organization (WHOQOL-BREF) scale and physical activity behavior with a dicotomous question based on the international recommendations for physical activity.Results: There is a higher complaince for all the international recommendations for healthy foods intake in the physically active group of students (p < 0.01), with the exception of alcohol and salt. In addition, physically active students presented a significantly higher HRQoL (p < 0.001) in all the dimensions analyzed when compared to physically inactive students.Conclusions: Latin American university students who are physically active are more likely to have a healthier eating behavior and a lower risk of a decreased HRQoL during COVID-19 pandemic.
AB - Background: Deterioration in the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and healthy eating behavior due to the effect of COVID-19 lockdown has been reported. The aim of this study was to associate eating habits and HRQoL with physical activity behavior in Latin American university students during COVID-19 pandemic.Methods: Measured 4,859 university students with a mean age of 22.4 years and they were mostly female (73.7%) from 10 Latin American countries (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay and, Peru). Eating habits were measured using a survey validated with other university students, HRQoL was assessments using the short version of the World Health Organization (WHOQOL-BREF) scale and physical activity behavior with a dicotomous question based on the international recommendations for physical activity.Results: There is a higher complaince for all the international recommendations for healthy foods intake in the physically active group of students (p < 0.01), with the exception of alcohol and salt. In addition, physically active students presented a significantly higher HRQoL (p < 0.001) in all the dimensions analyzed when compared to physically inactive students.Conclusions: Latin American university students who are physically active are more likely to have a healthier eating behavior and a lower risk of a decreased HRQoL during COVID-19 pandemic.
KW - COVID-19
KW - Eating behavior
KW - exercise
KW - lifestyle
KW - mental health
KW - university students
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85139234236&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/27697061.2022.2115429
DO - 10.1080/27697061.2022.2115429
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85139234236
SN - 2769-7061
VL - 42
SP - 628
EP - 634
JO - Journal of the American Nutrition Association
JF - Journal of the American Nutrition Association
IS - 6
ER -
