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. 2021 Apr 20;41(12):3046–3054. doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2021.04.015

Table 2.

Impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on body weight.

Study ID (Country) % Increased % Decreased % No changes % Not measured/Unknown
Ahmed et al., 2020 (Iraq) 72.4 27.6
Błaszczyk-Bębenek et al., 2020 (Poland) 45.9 21.7 32.4
Cancello et al., 2020 (Italy) 45.0 16.0 34.0 5.0
Carriedo et al., 2020 (Spain) 21.2 17.1 54.3 7.4
Cheikh Ismail et al., 2020 (MENA) 30.3 16.9 43.9 8.9
Chopra et al., 2020 (India) 31.5 13.8 47.9 6.8
De Luis et al., 2020 (Spain) 36.3 63.7
Di Santo et al., 2020 (Italy) 11.1 35.7 53.2
Dogas et al., 2020 (Croatia) 30.7 No info No info No info
Dou et al. (a) 2020 (China) 43.4 7.2 46.6 2.8
Dou et al. (b) 2020 (USA) 32.9 19.7 39.4 8.0
Drywien et al., 2020 (Poland) 33.6 19.1 48.3
Elmacıoğlu et al., 2020 (Turkey) 35.0 20.0 36.0 9.0
Federik et al., 2020 (Argentina) 31.1 No info No info No info
Fernandez-Rio et al., 2020 (Spain) 25.8 21.3 52.9
Flanagan et al., 2020 (USA) 27.3 17.3 55.4
Ghosal et al., 2020 (India) 40.0 19.0 41.0
Gomes et al., 2020 (Brazil) 32.9 19.4 44.9 2.8
Huber et al., 2020 (Germany)b 30.9 16.7 51.4 1.0
Ismail et al., 2020 (UAE) 31.0 20.9 40.1 8.0
Keel et al., 2020 (USA) 28.4 15.9 55.7
Kriaucioniene et al., 2020 (Lithuania) 31.5 68.5a
Kumari et al., 2020 (India) 32.0 15.5 47.6 4.9
Lopez-Moreno et al., 2020 (Spain) 38.8 31.1 30.1a
Marchitelli et al., 2020 (Italy) 49.2 No info No info No info
Papandreou et al., 2020 (Greece) 39.8 No info No info No info
Papandreou et al., 2020 (Spain) 38.4 No info No info No info
Reyes-Olavarría et al. 2020 (Chile) 35.0 15.6 49.4
Rodriguez-Perez et al., 2020 (Spain) 12.8 47.3 39.9
Scarmozzino et al., 2020 (Italy) 19.5 50.7 29.8
Sidor et al., 2020 (Poland) 29.9 18.6 38.0 13.5
Sinisterra Loaiza et al., 2020 (Spain) 44.0 No info No info No info
Zachary et al., 2020 (USA) 22.0 19.0 59.0

Variables are presented as mean ± SD, percentage and/or (range).

MENA: Middle East and North Africa, No info: No information, USA: United States of America, UAE: United Arab Emirates.

a

Percentage of stable and not measured body weight.

b

BMI changes.