Lifestyle, Physical Activity and Dietary Habits of Medical Students of Wroclaw Medical University during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Aureliusz Andrzej Kosendiak, Michał Piotr Wysocki and Paweł Piotr Krysiński
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Aureliusz Andrzej Kosendiak: Department of Physical Education and Sport, Wroclaw Medical University, Wojciecha z Brudzewa 12, 51-601 Wrocław, Poland
Michał Piotr Wysocki: Wroclaw Medical University, wyb. Ludwika Pasteura 1, 50-367 Wrocław, Poland
Paweł Piotr Krysiński: Wroclaw Medical University, wyb. Ludwika Pasteura 1, 50-367 Wrocław, Poland

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 12, 1-17

Abstract: The new disease COVID-19, induced by SARS-CoV-2, causes acute respiratory infection. Many countries, including Poland, began to set a variety of different restrictions to reduce the spread of the virus. Most students had problems with online lessons. The study was conducted among second year medicine students of the Medical University of Wroclaw, and after the entire process of verification 200 respondents were accepted. The research consisted of completing the same anonymous online questionnaires twice in March and October 2020. This finally allowed for a critical assessment of the impact of the pandemic and its restrictions on the students’ daily lives. During the online classes, low levels of physical activity persisted ( p = 0.718), whereas time spent sitting increased ( p < 0.001). Despite positive changes in declared snacking ( p = 0.061), we observed significant drops in the index of healthy diet ( p = 0.001) and nutritional knowledge ( p < 0.001) as well as an increase in the consumption of fast-food ( p < 0.001) and energy drinks ( p = 0.019). Reduced nutritional knowledge can cause a decrease in attention to healthy food preparation and much more frequent consumption of fast-food.

Keywords: dietary habits; physical activity; medical students; coronavirus; nutritional knowledge; COVID-19; sleep; computer; lockdown (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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