Comparison of US Army Soldiers’ Health-Related Behaviors Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic Era

IF 2.3 3区医学 Q2 EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior Pub Date : 2025-09-01 DOI:10.1016/j.jneb.2025.05.001

Julianna M. Jayne PhD, RDN, CHES , Renee E. Cole PhD, RDN , Bradley M. Ritland PhD, DPT , Susan M. McGraw , J. Philip Karl PhD, RDN

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Abstract

Objective

To determine if the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic was associated with differences in eating behaviors, body mass index, physical activity, sleep, and perceived stress among US Army soldiers.

Methods

Retrospective cohort study using data from Army installations in 8 different states. Data were grouped by study year into a pre-COVID-19 era cohort (2017–2019; n = 1,591) or COVID-19 era cohort (2020–2022, n = 918) and analyzed using multivariate linear regression.

Results

The COVID-19 era cohort reported lower mean healthy eating scores, fewer meals but more snacks eaten per week, higher access to food, more emotional eating, higher perceived stress, higher body mass index, and less physical activity than the pre-COVID-19 era cohort (P ≤ 0.05).

Conclusions and Implications

Soldiers in the COVID-19 era cohort reported less healthy eating behaviors and health-related behaviors compared with the pre-COVID-19 era cohort. Further investigation is warranted on the potential cumulative effects and whether health-related behaviors improved after pandemic-related restrictions were lifted.

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美国陆军士兵在COVID-19大流行之前和期间的健康相关行为比较

目的：确定2019年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行是否与美国陆军士兵饮食行为、体重指数、身体活动、睡眠和感知压力的差异有关。方法：回顾性队列研究，使用来自8个不同州的陆军设施的数据。数据按研究年份分组为covid -19前时代队列(2017-2019；n = 1591)或COVID-19时代队列（2020-2022,n = 918），并使用多元线性回归进行分析。结果：与前COVID-19时代队列相比，新冠肺炎时代队列报告的平均健康饮食得分较低，每周膳食较少但零食较多，获得食物的机会较多，情绪性饮食较多，感知压力较高，体重指数较高，体力活动较少（P≤0.05）。结论和意义：与前COVID-19时代队列相比，新冠肺炎时代队列的士兵报告的健康饮食行为和健康相关行为较少。有必要进一步调查潜在的累积效应，以及在解除与大流行相关的限制后，与健康相关的行为是否得到改善。

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Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior 医学-学科教育

CiteScore

4.20

自引率

11.50%

发文量

379

审稿时长

44 days

期刊介绍： The Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior (JNEB), the official journal of the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior, is a refereed, scientific periodical that serves as a global resource for all professionals with an interest in nutrition education; nutrition and physical activity behavior theories and intervention outcomes; complementary and alternative medicine related to nutrition behaviors; food environment; food, nutrition, and physical activity communication strategies including technology; nutrition-related economics; food safety education; and scholarship of learning related to these areas. The purpose of JNEB is to document and disseminate original research and emerging issues and practices relevant to these areas worldwide. The Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior welcomes evidence-based manuscripts that provide new insights and useful findings related to nutrition education research, practice and policy. The content areas of JNEB reflect the diverse interests in nutrition and physical activity related to public health, nutritional sciences, education, behavioral economics, family and consumer sciences, and eHealth, including the interests of community-based nutrition-practitioners. As the Society''s official journal, JNEB also includes policy statements, issue perspectives, position papers, and member communications.