“Among the many psychiatric disorders, those related to food are among the most damaging and incisive in terms of mortality rate. Covid-19 has not a little influence on the phenomenon of DCA (eating disorders) and now the consequences on patients under treatment and on new cases will have to be verified “.
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The doctor Melissa Simone, researcher at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences of the University of Medical School, in collaboration with the professor Dianne Neumark-Sztainer of the School of Public Health and head of the Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, in the spring of last year, between the months of April May, he completed a study on the problems of nutrition and the connection with psychological damage deriving from world health emergency.
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Within the EAT project, wanted by the Neumark-Sztainer and with the support of the University of Minnesota Medical School and School of Public Health, there has been a new investigation into the long-term impact of the pandemic on patients affected by DCA and this revealed a clear correlation between the stress suffered and at least six types of “unhealthy” eating behavior. Researchers say the most troubling finding indicates a slight increase or re-emergence of these disorders which, let’s not forget, are cause of death for about 10,200 people every year, or one individual every 52 minutes.
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“The pandemic from COVID-19 led to the rapid implementation of public health policies to reduce the transmission of the virus – explains the doctor Simone -. Although these protections are necessary, interruptions in daily life can have very significant negative consequences in the eventual development or worsening of eating disorders and related symptoms ”.
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The study actually aimed to establish the potential association between stress, psychological distress, financial difficulties and consequent changes in eating behavior during the pandemic. COVID-19 through the analysis of both qualitative and quantitative data. The results of the researchers, published in theInternational Journal of Eating Disorders, they have found six specific types of change in the eating behavior of the subjects examined. Here they are.
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1) Eating and snacking in a disorderly manner.
2) Increase in the amount of food consumed.
3) Decreased appetite or the amount of food consumed.
4) Eating in times of increased psychological pressure.
5) Drastic reduction in the amount of food eaten.
6) Birth or reappearance of the typical symptoms of the eating disorder.
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About 8% of the subjects examined told of their excessive need to have weight control, 53% managed to better manage this obsession. 14% said they let themselves go and consumed large quantities of food, without restraint or control.
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Well, the study found that these behaviors were almost always associated with difficulty managing stress, an increase in depressive symptoms in general and the presence of objective financial difficulties, both moderate and severe.
Great attention on the part of scholars has obviously been devoted to the phenomenon of obesity. “A problem that must always be monitored and even more in this moment so complicated that it is undoubtedly an incentive for certain dietary drifts”, he stressed Neumark-Sztainer –.
“The majority of the young adults in our study come from different ethnic-racial backgrounds and tend to be low-income. So they often don’t get the services they need – the scholar specified. – To ensure that health inequalities do not increase, we must satisfy the needs of these groups “.
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The strictly economic factor was also the subject of particular attention by the doctor Simone which on the subject looks to today, but also to the uncertain future: “The economic consequences of the pandemic COVID-19 they will probably persist for a long time, even beyond the widespread use of vaccines. And our studies indicate that people’s financial difficulties can often be the origin of disordered eating behaviors. It is therefore essential that preventive interventions and health treatments are affordable, easily accessible and widely disseminated among those at risk. The online management of patients, from this point of view, represents a valid support “.
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