COVID-19: How the quarantine could lead to the depreobesity

Mohamed Mediouni; Riadh Madiouni; Karolina Elżbieta Kaczor-Urbanowicz

doi:10.1016/j.obmed.2020.100255

COVID-19: How the quarantine could lead to the depreobesity

Obes Med. 2020 Sep:19:100255. doi: 10.1016/j.obmed.2020.100255. Epub 2020 May 15.

Authors

Mohamed Mediouni¹, Riadh Madiouni², Karolina Elżbieta Kaczor-Urbanowicz^{3

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Affiliations

¹ 1420 Rue Laterrière, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R2, Canada.
² University of Paris-Est, Créteil, Vitry sur Seine, France.
³ Center for Oral and Head/Neck Oncology Research, UCLA Section of Oral Biology, Division of Oral Biology & Medicine, Center for the Health Sciences, UCLA School of Dentistry, University of California at Los Angeles, USA, 10833 Le Conte Ave, Box 951668, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1668, USA.
⁴ UCLA Institute for Quantitative and Computational Biosciences, University of California at Los Angeles, 611 Charles E. Young Drive Boyer Hall 570, Box 951570, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1606, USA.

Abstract

In this paper, we will introduce coronavirus (COVID-19) and how it spreads around the globe. We will also present the term of quarantine and associated with it requirement of locking down at home in some countries. We will study how frustration related to quarantine relates to several psychological problems including depression. This environment pushes people to consume high sugar foods that increase obesity. In conclusion, countries should be prepared for the upcoming epidemic (depreobesity).

Keywords: COVID‐19; Depreobesity; Depression; Obesity; Quarantine.