Body Mass Index in Young Men in Switzerland after the National Shutdowns during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results from a Cross-sectional Monitoring Study at the Population Level since 2010
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac111" target="_blank" >10.1093/eurpub/ckac111</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Body Mass Index in Young Men in Switzerland after the National Shutdowns during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results from a Cross-sectional Monitoring Study at the Population Level since 2010
Original language description
BACKGROUND: Owing to the coronavirus disease pandemic, the Swiss goverment imposed a shutdown twice in 2020, which may have changed diet and physical activity. Regarding the question of weight change during the pandemic, little information based on measured weight data is available. We aimed to investigate whether the body mass indices (BMIs) of young Swiss men after the two shutdowns in spring and fall 2020 differed from those of young men examined before the shutdowns. METHODS: We analysed young Swiss men’s BMIs taken during mandatory recruitment for the Swiss Armed Forces at the cross-sectional (not individual longitudinal) monitoring level and across weeks of conscription between January 2010 and July 2021 (n = 373 016). These data allow for continuous health monitoring of young men at almost the population level (coverage, >90%). For statistical modelling, we used the generalized additive model (GAM) framework. RESULTS: We showed that the BMIs of the conscripts examined in the 15 weeks after the two shutdowns in spring and autumn 2020 were not or only slightly different from their baseline values. Sensitivity analyses revealed that this conclusion also holds if the BMI distribution or prevalence of excess weight is assessed. The GAM further showed the significant effects of individual and area-based measures of socioeconomic position and age on BMI. CONCLUSION: Our results suggest that lifestyle changes during the pandemic in young men might have been too modest to be reflected in body weight. However, longitudinal data and/or data on women, children, or the elderly may lead to different conclusions.
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10103 - Statistics and probability
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
European Journal of Public Health
ISSN
1101-1262
e-ISSN
1464-360X
Volume of the periodical
32
Issue of the periodical within the volume
6
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
7
Pages from-to
955-961
UT code for WoS article
000844233000001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85143180061