Effect of COVID‐19 lockdown on body weight in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Issue 4 (5th April 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Siu, Hanson; Polkinghorne, Kevan; Finlay, Paul; Yong, Theresa; Bardin, Philip G.; King, Paul T.
• Is Part Of: Internal medicine journal. Volume 53:Issue 4(2023)
• Page Start: 615
• Page End: 618
• Publication Date: 2023-04-05
• Subjects: COVID‐19 -- lockdown -- weight; Medicine -- Periodicals; 616
• DOI: 10.1111/imj.16025
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1444-0903

Abstract

Abstract: A series of studies has reported weight gain in association with COVID‐19 lockdowns; typically, this research has had short‐term follow‐up in populations that tended to gain weight. In this study, the effect of prolonged lockdowns on weight was assessed in a population of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Before lockdown subjects gained an average of 0.022 kg per month; after lockdown this trend reversed with subjects losing weight at 0.032 kg per month, a trend that was highly significant ( P < 0.001).