Health-promoting behaviors in the United States during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT: The potential negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on health-compromising behaviors including overeating, processed food intake, and alcohol use have been well documented. However, it is possible the COVID-19 pandemic has had positive effects on some health-promoting behaviors like cooking and fruit and vegetable intake. The current study was a preregistered secondary data analysis using data from a U.S. national, crowdsourced study (n = 868) on eating behaviors during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. The objectives of the current study were to compare levels of cooking, fruit and vegetable intake, and physical activity among U.S. adults during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic to pre-pandemic levels in reference groups of U.S. adults, and test whether subjective str

SUBMITTER: Cummings JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8522304 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature