Weight changes during the COVID‐19 shutdown in older individuals with type 2 diabetes: the Look AHEAD Study
Authors' conclusion
Although weight loss appeared more common than weight gain during the shutdown, the weight-change groups did not differ on most psychosocial and behavioral variables.
Study context
- Population
- Look AHEAD participants: older adults (mean age = 76 years) with T2D and overweight or obesity, surveyed during the COVID-19 shutdown (2020)
- Participants
- 2,544 participants
- Exposure
- Weight-change categories during the COVID-19 shutdown: large loss (>5%), small loss (2%-5%), stable (±2%), gain (>2%)
- Outcome
- Weight change during the COVID-19 shutdown
Methodological detailsself-reported weight compared with earlier measured weight
- Self-reported weight compared with earlier measured weight
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Mean weight lost
- 2.2 kg
- Lost >2%
- 47%
- Gained >2%
- 18%
- Loss >2% vs gain >2%
- p < 0.0001
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Behavioral and psychosocial effects by weight-change category
- Decreases in physical activity and increases in screen time reported frequently in all weight-change categories
- Few differences among categories on standardized psychosocial measures or self-reported effects of the shutdown
- Where differences were seen, the most negative impact was in those who gained weight
Original publication
Weight changes during the COVID‐19 shutdown in older individuals with type 2 diabetes: the Look AHEAD Study. Obesity (Silver Spring). Published 15 February 2023. doi:10.
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