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The effects of COVID-19 quarantine on eating and sleeping behaviors

2020; Springer Science+Business Media; Volume: 45; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1186/s41110-020-00128-y

2316-7874

Flávia Rodrigues da Silva, Antônio Herbert Lancha, Valdênio Martins Brant, Ingrid Ludimila Bastos Lôbo, Luciana Oquendo Pereira-Lancha, Andressa Silva, Marco Túlio de Mello,

COVID-19 and Mental Health

Since the beginning of the pandemic, the population has been exposed to a substantial period of social isolation, which leads to anxiety, fear, and metabolic and immune impairments. Considering that sleep restriction influences eating behavior, we highlight that changes in it may occur during the COVID-19 quarantine. Alterations in feeding time can uncouple the body clocks, leading to circadian misalignment and consequently to a disruption in homeostasis and disturbances in many metabolic functions. Narrative review. Do not apply. The increase of body weight is related to increased food intake in response to mental stress and more time spent at home, increased opportunity to feed, and increased visual and olfactory stimulation to eat, which represents a potential risk of overfeeding nowadays. In this article, we postulate that the unusual lifestyle imposed by the COVID-19 quarantine may induce a circadian misalignment, which is capable to induce alterations on eating and sleep behaviors.