Table 2.
Physical activity, nutritional and behavioral data of undergraduate students at a university in southeastern Brazil in the first and third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, Vitória, 2020–2022.
| Variables | First year | Third year | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | N (%) | ||
| Physical activity | 0.086 | ||
| No | 107 (42.6) | 92 (36.7) | |
| Yes | 144 (57.4) | 159 (63.3) | |
| Body weight*a | 64 ± 23 | 66 ± 25 | 0.002 |
| BMI*a | 23.01 ± 6.68 | 23.57 ± 7.50 | 0.003 |
| Nutritional status | 0.099 | ||
| Underweight/Eutrophic | 157 (62.5) | 147 (58.6) | |
| Overweight/Obese | 94 (37.5) | 104 (41.4) | |
| Started cooking more | 0.002 | ||
| No | 62 (24.7) | 92 (36.7) | |
| Yes | 189 (75.3) | 159 (63.3) | |
| Ordered more food by delivery | 0.001 | ||
| No | 179 (71.3) | 145 (57.8) | |
| Yes | 72 (28.7) | 106 (42.2) | |
| Negative mood changes | <0.001 | ||
| No | 52 (20.7) | 85 (33.9) | |
| Yes | 199 (79.3) | 166 (66.1) | |
| Practice of restrictive diets | <0.001 | ||
| No | 155 (61.8) | 196 (78.1) | |
| Yes | 96 (38.2) | 55 (21.9) | |
| Concern about weight gain | 0.374 | ||
| No | 94 (37.5) | 102 (40.6) | |
| Yes | 157 (62.5) | 149 (59.4) | |
| Body perception | 0.341 | ||
| Adequate | 42 (16.7) | 31 (12.4) | |
| Inadequate | 209 (83.3) | 220 (87.6) | |
| Body dissatisfaction | 0.280 | ||
| No | 31 (12.4) | 39 (15.5) | |
| Yes | 220 (87.6) | 212 (84.5) | |
| Intuitive eating – Total score b | 3.35 ± 0.58 | 3.45 ± 0.64 | 0.002 |
| Intuitive eating – UPE Subscale*a | 3.67 ± 0.84 | 3.83 ± 0.84 | 0.024 |
| Intuitive eating – EPR Subscale*a | 3.13 ± 1.38 | 3.38 ± 1.37 | 0.223 |
| Intuitive eating – RHSC Subscale*a | 3.33 ± 1.16 | 3.33 ± 1.37 | 0.173 |
| Intuitive eating – B-FCC Subscale*a | 3.33 ± 1.00 | 3.67 ± 1.00 | 0.001 |
McNemar test. aWilcoxon test. bPaired t-test. *Data expressed as p50 ± interquartile range. In bold: statistically significant difference (p < 0.05). BMI: body weight index. B-FCC: body-food choice congruence. EPR: eating for physical rather than emotional reasons. RHSC: reliance on hunger and satiety cues. UPE: unconditional permission to eat.