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. 2022 Sep 10;14(18):3739. doi: 10.3390/nu14183739

Table 2.

Eating and behavior data of the population before and during the first lockdown.

Pre-Lockdown
(n = 671)
During the First
Lockdown
(n = 671)
Weight (kg) 67 [58; 80] 67 [58; 80]
BMI (kg/m²) 23.5 [20.8; 26.9] 23.8 [20.8; 27.5]
How do you describe your diet? a 74 [50; 87] 73 [50; 88]
For you, eating is: b
 Essential for living 96 [78; 100] 97 [79; 100]
 Useful for maintaining health 97 [82; 100] 97 [83; 100]
 A pleasure 96 [79; 100] 95 [76; 100]
 A moment of sharing 97 [80; 100] 88 [50; 99]
 A constraint 5 [1; 23] 5 [1; 25]
Hours of sleep per night (n = 667/667) 7 [7; 8] 7 [6; 8]
Number of snacks per week (n = 655/644) 2 [0; 3] 2 [0; 4]
Do you consider that you have a problem b
 With your weight? (n = 665/662) 42 [4; 68] 50 [5; 73]
 With your diet? (n = 661/660) 22 [3; 50] 30 [4; 64]
What is your level of:
 Stress due to COVID-19 c (n = 641/641) 3 [0; 18] 64 [23; 86]
 Quality of sleep d (n = 631/638) 70 [48; 94] 50 [27; 83]
 Mood/morale d (n = 637/640) 78 [50; 92] 50 [30; 76]
Number of cigarettes per day (n = 670/668) 0 [0; 0] 0 [0; 0]
Number of drinks (alcohol) per week (n = 670/667) 2.5 [0.0; 2.5] 2.5 [0.0; 2.5]
Number of cannabis uses per week (n = 671/670) 0 [0; 0] 0 [0; 0]
Number of hours seated per day (n = 647/647) 5 [3; 8] 7 [4; 9]
Number of hours of physical activity per week (n = 643/643) 3.5 [2.0; 6.0] 2.0 [0.5; 5.0]
Number of minutes per day using social media
 0 96 (15) 85 (13)
 1 to 60 336 (52) 212 (33)
 >60 215 (33) 349 (54)
Emotions felt c
 Anger (n = 626/638) 31 [16; 50] 56 [39; 76]
 Sadness (n = 627/634) 28 [16; 50] 50 [34; 72]
 Agitation (n = 624/632) 43 [20; 50] 50 [25; 66]
 Boredom (n = 635/642) 14 [3; 29] 32 [7; 60]

Data are presented as number of subjects (percentages) or median [25th; 75th percentiles]. First lockdown: between 17 March and 10 May 2020. BMI: body mass index. a Visual analogue scale from 0 “not at all balanced” to 100 “very balanced.” b Visual analogue scale from 0 “strongly disagree” to 100 “strongly agree.” c Visual analogue scale from 0 “minimum” to 100 “maximum.” d Visual analogue scale from 0 “bad” to 100 “excellent”.