Eating and lifestyle of university students during the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this article was to find whether the global COVID-19 pandemic could affect eating habits in the form of breakfast as the first meal of the day, and whether due to the global COVID-19 pandemic there was a change in body weight in selected university students studying in the Czech Republic. Design: Structured anonymous online questionnaire survey Participans: A total of 628 university students studying in the Czech Republic (68.95% women; 31.05% men) mostly aged 20 to 29 (63.38%) Methods: Mathematical-statistical methods were used to verify the established research questions, namely Pearson's chi-square test and to investigate the strength of the dependence Cramer's V. Results and Conclusion: There is a relationship between regular eating habits in the form of breakfast as the first morning meal of a day, before and during COVID-19 and gender and also the biological age of respondents. Furthermore, it was found that there is a statistically significant relationship between the change in body weight during COVID-19 and gender, as well as the biological age of the respondents.