El confinamiento por COVID-19 modifica los estilos de vida saludables en adultos: Una revisión sistemática

Omar Elin Arroyo-Helguera; Edgar Miranda-Contreras; José Antonio Palma-Jacinto

doi:10.19136/hs.a22n3.5445

Authors

Omar Elin Arroyo-Helguera Institute of Public Health, Universidad Veracruzana https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9088-0627
Edgar Miranda-Contreras Institute of Public Health, Universidad Veracruzana https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1349-3599
José Antonio Palma-Jacinto Biomedical Research Center, Universidad Veracruzana https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6587-9712

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19136/hs.a22n3.5445

Abstract

Objective: To analyze the scientific evidence on the changes that have occurred in healthy lifestyles associated with confinement by COVID-19 in the adult population between 19 and 59 years of age.

Materials and methods: A systematic review was carried out following the criteria of the PRISMA guide during the search period from March 2020 to February 2022 in the PubMed, Google Scholar, and Cochrane databases using the keywords COVID-19, healthy lifestyles, obesity, overweight, confinement, quarantine, lockdown, previously validated in NCBI MeSH and DeCs.

Results: The search in the PUBMED, Google Scholar, and Cochrane databases yielded a total of 702 articles. After eliminating duplicate articles, 94 articles were recovered. After the first and second screening, 45 articles were excluded, finally working with 49 articles. Evidence shows that confinement negatively modified healthy lifestyles, favoring behaviors such as a sedentary lifestyle, associated with longer use of electronic devices. In addition, there was an increase in the consumption of hypercaloric foods, the intake of unhealthy foods between meals, larger portions, and an increase in the number of meals per day, together with a decrease in physical activity, an increase in the consumption of alcohol and cigarettes, factors that influenced the development of overweight and obesity.

Conclusions: The evidence shows negative changes in healthy lifestyles that were associated with overweight and obesity during the confinement by COVID-19, in view of this panorama, comprehensive intervention strategies are required based on healthy nutrition programs and physical activation with the purpose of to reduce or reverse the effects caused by confinement.

Keywords: Healthy lifestyles; Lifestyle; Obesity; Overweight; Sedentary.

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Author Biographies

Omar Elin Arroyo-Helguera, Institute of Public Health, Universidad Veracruzana

Dr. in Biomedical Sciences, Senior Researcher at the Institute of Public Health, Universidad Veracruzana. He has more than 45 publications in indexed and refereed journals derived from original research, with more than 800 citations, as well as 4 book chapters and 5 science dissemination articles. He has served as thesis director for bachelor's, master's and doctoral students. He is currently a member of the national system of CONAHCyT researchers at level 2, PRODEP profile, member of the research ethics committee of the Institute of Public Health and representative of the academic body of Biomedical Research in Public Health UV-CA-261.

Edgar Miranda-Contreras, Institute of Public Health, Universidad Veracruzana

Graduate in Medicine from the Universidad Veracruzana and Master in Public Health from the Institute of Public Health, Universidad Veracruzana.

José Antonio Palma-Jacinto, Biomedical Research Center, Universidad Veracruzana

Graduate in Clinical Chemistry from the Faculty of Bioanalysis of the Universidad Veracruzana and Candidate for Doctor in Biomedical Sciences from the Biomedical Research Center, Universidad Veracruzana.