The school closures, precipitated by the COVID-19 pandemic, required teachers to convert their entire classroom curricula to online formats, taught from home. This shift to a more sedentary teaching environment, coupled with the stresses related to the pandemic, may correlate with weight gain. In total, 52% of study participants reported weight gain, with a higher prevalence observed among kindergarten and elementary school teachers when compared to high school teachers ( p < 0.05). Deviations in physical activity, emotional eating, and dietary patterns were assessed among 129 teachers (using the Leisure Time Exercise Questionnaire, the Dutch Eating Behavioral Questionnaire, and a short-form Food Frequency Questionnaire, respectively) to uncover possible associations with the observed weight gain. Increases in sedentariness ( p < 0.005), emotional eating ( p < 0.001), the consumption of potatoes, fries, breads, cheese, cake ( p < 0.05), chips, candy, ice-cream, and soft drinks ( p < 0.005) were all positively correlated with weight gain. Decreases in exercise frequency ( p < 0.001), and the consumption of fruits ( p < 0.05) and beans ( p < 0.005), were also positively correlated with weight gain. Weight gain, observed among teachers during school closures, was associated with changes in diet, emotional eating and physical activity.
【저자키워드】 exercise, coronavirus, pandemic, quarantine, New York, questionnaire, emotional eating, sedentariness, 【초록키워드】 physical activity, COVID-19 pandemic, Prevalence, association, food, Frequency, weight gain, emotional, leisure, eating, time, decrease, reported, required, increase, changes in, study participant, Bean, positively correlated, precipitated, were assessed, 【제목키워드】 COVID-19, Impact, weight, School, Factor,