Publicación: BODY WEIGHT IN RELATION TO HOURS OF SLEEP, AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN LATIN AMERICAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
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2022
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JOURNAL OF AMERICAN COLLEGE HEALTH
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INTRODUCTION: SHORT SLEEP, PHYSICAL INACTIVITY, AND BEING LOCKED UP ARE RISK FACTORS FOR WEIGHT GAIN. OBJECTIVE: WE EVALUATED WEIGHT GAIN ACCORDING TO SEX, AGE, HOURS OF SLEEP AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS FROM 10 LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. METHODS: CROSS-SECTIONAL AND MULTICENTER STUDY (N = 4880). RESULTS: THE AVERAGE AGE WAS 22.5 ± 4.4 YEARS. 60.2% WERE CURRENTLY LOCKED UP. 73.6% WERE WOMEN, 48.2% INCREASED THEIR BODY WEIGHT, 66% REPORTED INSUFFICIENT SLEEP HOURS, AND 65.9% WERE INACTIVE. WOMEN GAINED MORE WEIGHT THAN MEN (73.2%) AND YOUNGER STUDENTS GAINED MORE WEIGHT (85.1%). THOSE WHO HAD INSUFFICIENT SLEEP HOURS GAINED MOST WEIGHT (67.6%). INACTIVE PARTICIPANTS GAINED MOST WEIGHT (74.7%). STUDENTS WHO HAVE INSUFFICIENT SLEEP ARE 21% MORE LIKELY TO HAVE CHANGES IN BODY WEIGHT COMPARED TO STUDENTS WHO HAVE OPTIMAL SLEEP. CONCLUSION: THE INCREASE IN BODY WEIGHT AND ITS RISK FACTORS DURING CONFINEMENT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS EMERGING FROM PUBLIC HEALTH.
