ASSOCIATION BETWEEN NUTRITIONAL STATUS, STRESS AND DIETARY HABIT DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC AMONG ADULTS IN BANDUNG
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2023-07-13
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Background: The COVID-19 pandemic brought impact to stress and eating habit. Nutritional status changes might be linked to stress and eating habit. Unhealthy nutritional status could present major health risks and should be prevented. The aim is understanding the characteristics of population and determining the relation between stress, eating habit and nutritional status.
Methods: A cross-sectional analytical study was done on January 2023 with secondary data from another study by Soetedjo et al. The sample is comprised of 105 adults in Bandung from 10 regions were taken using proportionate sampling. Data were taken using General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12), Eating Habit Questionnaire, stadiometer, weight scale, and clinical measuring tape. Association of stress and eating habit with waist circumference, and stress with eating habit was analysed using Chi Square. Association of eating habit with waist circumference used Fisher’s Exact test. Association of stress and eating habit with body mass index was analysed using Mann-Whitney test.
Result: This subjects are consisted of 52 male and 53 female. Stress was reported in 26.7% and waist circumference corresponding to central obesity was reported in 25.7% of subjects. Distribution of respondents by BMI was 9.52% underweight, 48.57% normal, 22.86% pre-obesity, 10.48% obese-1, and 8.57% Obese-2. Significant association between stress and Waist Circumference (p=0.003) was found indicating higher stress level is associated with abnormal waist circumference.
Conclusion: The significant association between stress and waist circumference suggest that stress is one of the factors affecting waist circumference and subjects who’re distressed during COVID-19 pandemic tends to have abnormal waist circumference. This may indicate that stress is a factor
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COVID-19, eating habit, stress