Body Weight Changes During Pandemic-Related Shelter-in-Place in a Longitudinal Cohort Study

Anthony L Lin; Eric Vittinghoff; Jeffrey E Olgin; Mark J Pletcher; Gregory M Marcus

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.2536

Body Weight Changes During Pandemic-Related Shelter-in-Place in a Longitudinal Cohort Study

JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Mar 1;4(3):e212536. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.2536.

Authors

Anthony L Lin¹, Eric Vittinghoff², Jeffrey E Olgin³, Mark J Pletcher², Gregory M Marcus³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
² Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco.
³ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.

Abstract

This cohort study investigates whether the shelter-in-place orders in the US during the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic were associated with changes in body weight among adults.

Publication types

Observational Study

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Body Weight*
COVID-19 / prevention & control*
Female
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Middle Aged
Population Health / statistics & numerical data*
Quarantine / statistics & numerical data*
SARS-CoV-2
United States
Weight Gain*