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Eating Habits and Sleep Quality during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Adult Population of Ecuador

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  • Patricio Ramos-Padilla

    (Research Group on Food and Human Nutrition, Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo, 060101 Riobamba, Ecuador)

  • Verónica Dayana Villavicencio-Barriga

    (Research Group on Food and Human Nutrition, Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo, 060101 Riobamba, Ecuador
    Gastronomy Career, Faculty of Public Health, Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo, 060103 Riobamba, Ecuador)

  • Haydeé Cárdenas-Quintana

    (Department of Nutrition, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, 15012 Lima, Peru)

  • Leonardo Abril-Merizalde

    (Nutrition and Dietetics Career, Faculty of Public Health, Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo, 060101 Riobamba, Ecuador)

  • Angélica Solís-Manzano

    (Research Group in Nutrition, Dietetics, Biotechnology and Food Analysis, Universidad Estatal de Milagro, 091701 Milagro, Ecuador)

  • Tannia Valeria Carpio-Arias

    (Research Group on Food and Human Nutrition, Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo, 060101 Riobamba, Ecuador)

Abstract

Confinement due to COVID-19 has brought important changes in people’s lives as well as in their eating and resting habits. In this study we aimed at exploring the eating habits and sleep quality of the adult population of Ecuador during the mandatory confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a cross-sectional study, which used an online survey that included questions about eating habits and sleeping habits in adults ( n = 9522) between 18–69 years old. The Pittsburg sleep quality questionnaire validated for the Hispanic population was used, and questions about dietary habits. The statistical test Chi-square statistical test was used to analyze the data. The results show that sleep quality differs according to sex, being worse in women, both in all components of sleep quality and in the total score ( p < 0.001). Women had greater changes in the habitual consumption of food compared to men (24.24% vs. 22.53%), and people between 18 and 40 years of age decreased their food consumption in relation to people >40 years (24.06% vs. 17.73%). Our results indicate that mandatory confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador has generated changes in the eating habits and sleep quality in the adult population sampled, and these changes are more noticeable in women and young adults. These changes offer an important alert for the health system and further, advice for the implementation of future public health policies.

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  • Patricio Ramos-Padilla & Verónica Dayana Villavicencio-Barriga & Haydeé Cárdenas-Quintana & Leonardo Abril-Merizalde & Angélica Solís-Manzano & Tannia Valeria Carpio-Arias, 2021. "Eating Habits and Sleep Quality during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Adult Population of Ecuador," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(7), pages 1-11, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:7:p:3606-:d:527127
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