Weight and Lifestyle Behavior Changes in Chinese Health Care Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: 3-Year Retrospective Survey
The pandemic was associated with overweight and obesity for HCWs due to changes in lifestyle behaviors, especially reduced physical activity and increased appetite related to increased persistent stress or recurrent anxiety or depressed mood caused by excessive workload. An integrated approach is needed to address overweight and obesity and lifestyle changes among HCWs by releasing negative psychoemotional conditions through workload reduction in future stressful events.
Authors
- Xiangyang Tian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6789-7719)
- Jingyang He
- Z. Wang
- Ying Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-1087-8152)
- Xuezhu Sun
- Xinyue Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7965-6189)
- Zhi‐Xin Chen
- Shaoqing Gong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4910-1090)
- Jianqiang Wen
- Xueqing Hou
- Xue Feng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8847-2826)
- Tong Sun
- Sufang Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2503-961X)
Institutions
- Anhui Medical University (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (CN)
- Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CN)
- Luohe Medical College (CN)
- Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Education Department (CN)
- Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control (CN)
- Fu Wai Hospital (CN)
- Henan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CN)
- Shandong Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Interactive Journal of Medical Research
- Published
- 2024-12-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/50754
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.64