Assessment of nutritional status, anthropometry and sleep patterns of the obese patients during pre and post COVID-19 illness

Autor: Luxita Sharma, Akanksha Yadav, Dhananjay Sharma, Kajal Dhama
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Human Nutrition & Metabolism, Vol 36, Iss , Pp 200265- (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2666-1497
DOI: 10.1016/j.hnm.2024.200265
Popis: Background and aims: Until COVID-19, obesity was the main pandemic of 21 century. To date, there have been 767984989 confirmed cases, and 6943390 include death cases of COVID-19 (WHO). To find the prevalence of Obesity among adults, to adjudge the attitude and behavior of selected subjects towards eating healthy and weight loss during pre- and post-COVID-19. Methodology: Subject selection was done through non-probability judgemental sampling. Initially, 70 young adults between 18 and 39 years of age were selected from different localities of Delhi (NCR). The study was conducted based on a questionnaire developed for the survey. Based on the inclusion criteria only 50 subjects were selected for further study. The study was constructed into three phases and the arrangement of subjects was elaborated as under. Phase 1 includes field study, clinical examination, and biochemical analysis, phase II includes the division of experimental and control groups, whereas Phase III includes the pre& post-COVID nutritional status, anthropometric assessment, beverage consumption, and sleep patterns were also assessed. Result: The nutrition intervention in E3 (balanced diet + nutrient supplement) showed a significant difference with the control group followed by E2 (nutrient supplement) and E1 (balanced diet). Our findings showed that the subjects have Calorie, protein, fat, carbohydrates, sodium, and potassium intake significantly decreased (P=
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