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- Nehme, Patricia A., et al.
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A Nutritional Counseling Program Prevents an Increase in Workers' Dietary Intake and Body Weight During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- 2021
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Ingår i: Frontiers in Physiology. - : Frontiers Media SA. - 1664-042X. ; 12
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The COVID-19 pandemic caused thousands of deaths and changed lives all over the world. Daily life has also altered people's eating habits, mainly among those who stayed working at home. However, changes in the eating habits of workers who remained working during the pandemic are still unknown. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the dietary habits of day and shift workers from a condominium management company, as well as to measure adherence to a nutritional counseling programand its effect on workers' food intake and body weight. One hundred and fifty-one workers (77.5% of day workers and 22.5% of shift workers) were followed up in the pre-pandemic period and during the pandemic. Data on anthropometry, food consumption, and adherence to nutritional counseling were collected during nutritional meetings, which focused on qualitative modification of food intake and control of energy consumption. The rate of adherence to the program did not differ between shifts. The pandemic significantly increased the intake of calories, macronutrients, and several micronutrients in workers of both shifts. Adherence to the nutritional counseling program had an impact on the consumption of proteins and some micronutrients, and also promoted a reduction in body weight and body mass index of workers of both shifts. Evening/night shift workers overall ate their meals later than day workers and also presented an earlier afternoon snack during the pandemic when compared with the pre-pandemic period. In conclusion, the pandemic seems to contribute to the increase in food intake of workers, regardless of the work shift. Those who joined a nutritional counseling program managed their food intake and lost weight.
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- Crispim, Cibele A., et al.
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Is time of eating associated with BMI and obesity? A population-based study
- 2024
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Ingår i: European Journal of Nutrition. - 1436-6207 .- 1436-6215. ; 63:2, s. 527-537
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose Time-related eating patterns have been associated with metabolic and nutritional diseases such as obesity. However, there is a lack of representative studies on this subject. This study's aim was to assess the association between the timing of eating and obesity in a large and representative sample of the Brazilian adult population (POF 2008–2009 survey).Methods Two days of adults’ food diary (n = 21,020) were used to estimate tertiles of first and last meal intake times, eating midpoint, caloric midpoint time, and calories consumed from 18:00 h onwards. BMI was estimated and its values, as well as excess weight (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2) and obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2) were used as outcomes. Multiple linear and logistic regressions were performed.Results The first (β = 0.65, 95% CI 0.37–0.93) and last food intake time (β = 0.40, 95% CI 0.14–0.66), eating midpoint (β = 0.61, 95% CI 0.34–0.88) and calories consumed after 21:00 h (β = 0.74, 95% CI 0.32–1.16) and 22:00 h (β = 0.75, 95% CI 0.18–1.32) were positively associated with BMI. The likelihood of having excess weight or obesity was significantly higher in the third tertile of the first food intake time (OR = 1.28, 95% CI 1.13–1.45 and OR = 1.34, 95% CI 1.13–1.58, respectively), last food intake time (OR = 1.16, 95% CI 1.03–1.32; and OR = 1.18, 95% CI 1.00–1.41, respectively), eating midpoint (OR = 1.28, 95% CI 1.13–1.45; and OR = 1.35, 95% CI 1.14–1.59, respectively) and energy consumption after 21:00 h (OR = 1.33, 95% CI 1.10–1.59).Conclusion Chrononutrition meal patterns indicative of late meal intake were significantly associated with high BMI, excess weight and obesity in the Brazilian population.
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