Effect of COVID‐19 lockdown on body weight in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Effect of COVID‐19 lockdown on body weight in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

A series of studies has reported weight gain in association with COVID‐19 lockdowns; typically, this research has had short‐term follow‐up in populations that tended to gain weight. In this study, the effect of prolonged lockdowns on weight was assessed in a population of patients with chronic obstr...

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Veröffentlicht in:Internal medicine journal 2023-04, Vol.53 (4), p.615-618
Hauptverfasser: Siu, Hanson, Polkinghorne, Kevan, Finlay, Paul, Yong, Theresa, Bardin, Philip G., King, Paul T.
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Body weight
Body weight gain
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Communicable Disease Control
COVID-19
Humans
lockdown
Lung diseases
Obstructive lung disease
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - epidemiology
Shelter in place
weight
Weight Gain
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Zusammenfassung:A series of studies has reported weight gain in association with COVID‐19 lockdowns; typically, this research has had short‐term follow‐up in populations that tended to gain weight. In this study, the effect of prolonged lockdowns on weight was assessed in a population of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Before lockdown subjects gained an average of 0.022 kg per month; after lockdown this trend reversed with subjects losing weight at 0.032 kg per month, a trend that was highly significant (P
ISSN:1444-0903
1445-5994
DOI:10.1111/imj.16025