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“Covibesity,” a new pandemic
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The COVID-19 lockdown produced behavioral, psychosocial and environmental changes which, through a variety of mechanisms, has led to widespread rapid weight gain amongst certain populations worldwide. We have termed this phenomenon 'covibesity'. There has been an increase in food shopping, food take ways and increase in alcohol sales. Furthermore, the combination of working from home, on-line education and social media usage have all caused screen time to surge. The food industry has intensified on-line advertising focused on children. A swift response is needed from all stakeholders to prevent covibesity becoming a pandemic.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Khan, M. A., & Moverley Smith, J. E.
- Affiliations
- National Health Service (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Khan, Moien AB
- Venue
- Obesity Medicine
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-09
- Volume
- 19
- Pages
- 100282
- ISSN
- 2451-8476 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7371584
- OpenAlex
- W3045314139
- Cited by
- 189
- References
- 15
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 25 · 2023: 36 · 2022: 55 · 2021: 49 · 2020: 8
- FWCI
- 27.75
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Obesity Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Keywords
- COVID-19 lockdown, rapid weight gain, obesity, behavior change, psychosocial changes, grocery shopping, alcohol sales, screen time, online advertising, children, working from home, online learning, social media
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