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cord-301423-stod75j2	Parekh, Niyati	Health behaviours during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: implications for obesity	2020-08-04		.txt	text/plain	2764	130	43	DESIGN: We reviewed how the pandemic adversely influences many of these behaviors, specifically physical activity, sedentary behaviors, sleep, and dietary intakes, and provided individual level strategies that may be used to mitigate them. Sheltering-in-place has significantly altered health behaviours and the food environment by limiting opportunities for daily physical activities, encouraging screen time and sedentary behaviours, disturbing sleep and promoting consumption of ultraprocessed foods and alcohol. The average American adult spends 7·2-9·5 h/d engaged in sedentary behaviours, such as sitting while working, Higher alcohol intake Fig. 1 (colour online) Interrelationships of behavioural risk factors for weight gain that have been affected by the COVID pandemic; the confluence of these behavioural changes is hypothesised to exacerbate the national prevalence of obesity that is a threat for disease severity and mortality reading, watching television and using computers, smartphones or other devices (9) .	./cache/cord-301423-stod75j2.txt	./txt/cord-301423-stod75j2.txt