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Observational Study
. 2021 Mar 1;4(3):e212536.
doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.2536.

Body Weight Changes During Pandemic-Related Shelter-in-Place in a Longitudinal Cohort Study

Anthony L Lin  1 , Eric Vittinghoff  2 , Jeffrey E Olgin  3 , Mark J Pletcher  2 , Gregory M Marcus  3
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Observational Study

Body Weight Changes During Pandemic-Related Shelter-in-Place in a Longitudinal Cohort Study

Anthony L Lin et al. JAMA Netw Open. .

Abstract

This cohort study investigates whether the shelter-in-place orders in the US during the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic were associated with changes in body weight among adults.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

Figures

Figure.
Figure.. Mean Weight Change After Shelter-in-Place for the Study Population
Figure data normalized as weight above or below each participant’s median weight in kilograms. Shaded areas denote the 95% CI for the mean weight of study participants after shelter-in-place.
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