Background Quarantine/confinement is an effective measure to face the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Consequently, in response to this stressful situation, people confined to their homes may change their everyday eating behavior. Therefore, the primary objective of this study is to evaluate the association between quarantine/confinement stressors and eating behavior during the COVID-19 outbreak. The secondary objective is to compare the association of quarantine/confinement stressors and diet behavior between two groups of participants, those attending diet clinics and those not (general population). Method A cross-sectional web-based online survey carried out between April 3 and 18, 2020, enrolled 407 participants from the Lebanese population. Eating Disorder Examination – Questionnaire (EDE-Q) were used to measure the behavioral features of eating disorders. Results More than half of the sample (53.0%) abide by the home quarantine/confinement, 95.4% were living with someone in the quarantine/confinement, and 39.6% continued to work from home. Higher fear of COVID-19 was found in 182 (44.8%) participants, higher boredom in 200 (49.2%) participants, higher anger in 187 (46.3%), and higher anxiety in 197 (48.5%) participants. Higher fear of COVID-19 (Beta = 0.02), higher BMI (Beta = 0.05), and physical activity (Beta = 1.04) were significantly associated with a higher restraint score. Higher anxiety, higher fear of COVID-19, higher BMI, practicing physical exercise, and a higher number of adults living in the quarantine/confinement were significantly associated with higher shape and weight concerns. Conclusion Our results showed that the fear of COVID-19 was correlated with more eating restraint, weight, and shape concerns in the whole sample, but more specifically in the dietitian clients group. Public health control measures are needed to reduce the detrimental effects of psychological distress associated with quarantine/confinement on eating behaviors during the COVID-19 outbreak.

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2019 年冠状病毒病爆发期间饮食行为与检疫/禁闭压力源之间的关联

背景 隔离/监禁是应对 2019 年冠状病毒病 (COVID-19) 的有效措施。因此，为了应对这种压力情况，被限制在家中的人们可能会改变他们的日常饮食行为。因此，本研究的主要目的是评估 COVID-19 爆发期间隔离/禁闭压力源与饮食行为之间的关联。次要目标是比较两组参与者之间隔离/禁闭压力源与饮食行为的关联，即参加饮食诊所的人和不参加饮食诊所的人（普通人群）。方法 2020 年 4 月 3 日至 18 日期间进行的一项基于网络的横断面在线调查招募了来自黎巴嫩人口的 407 名参与者。饮食失调检查 - 问卷 (EDE-Q) 用于测量饮食失调的行为特征。结果超过一半的样本（53.0%）遵守居家隔离/隔离，95.4%的样本与隔离/隔离的人一起生活，39.6%的人继续在家工作。182 名 (44.8%) 参与者对 COVID-19 的恐惧程度更高，200 名 (49.2%) 参与者的无聊程度更高，187 名参与者 (46.3%) 的愤怒程度更高，197 名参与者 (48.5%) 的参与者的焦虑程度更高。对 COVID-19 的更高恐惧（Beta = 0.02）、更高的 BMI（Beta = 0.05）和身体活动（Beta = 1.04）与更高的约束分数显着相关。更高的焦虑、更高的对 COVID-19 的恐惧、更高的 BMI、进行体育锻炼、居住在隔离/禁闭区的成年人数量更多与更高的体型和体重问题显着相关。结论 我们的结果表明，在整个样本中，对 COVID-19 的恐惧与更多的饮食限制、体重和体型问题相关，但在营养师客户组中更具体。需要采取公共卫生控制措施来减少与隔离/禁闭相关的心理困扰对 COVID-19 爆发期间饮食行为的不利影响。