COVID‑19, Mental Health and Nutrition: A Literature review

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Autor(a) principal: Fraga, Ana Margarida
Data de Publicação: 2021
Outros Autores: Mesquita, Bárbara, Facucho-Oliveira, João, Albuquerque, Margarida, Costa, Miguel, Espada-Santos, Pedro, Moutinho, Adriana
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.51338/rppsm.2021.v7.i3.223
Resumo: Since the pandemic was declared in March 2020 by World Health Organization, COVID‑19 has been responsible for a disruptive impact on health, economy, and interpersonal relationships, with significant repercussions on mental health and the eating habits. A bibliographic review was carried out through the PubMed database, which aimed to study the implications of COVID‑19 on the mental health and eating habits of individuals. The association between increased psychopathological symptoms and pandemics has been established throughout human history. During the COVID‑19 pandemic, studies that sought to assess the mental health of individuals who had been infected with SARS‑CoV‑2 and/or were in quarantine found an increased prevalence of psychopathological symptoms such as anxiety, sadness or fear. The duration of the quarantine, socioeconomic problems, false and/or inappropriate information and the neurotropism of the virus, were some of the risk factors pointed to the appearance of these symptoms. Likewise, the scientific community has also found a relationship between the quarantine period and depressive symptoms with increased consumption of comfort foods, with high energy density and low in nutrients. This not only increases the risk of developing chronic non‑communicable diseases, such as obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus, but it also seems to influence the hypothalamic‑pituitary‑adrenal axis, with impairment of the immune system and an increase in mental illnesses such as depression. The immune response is, ultimately, the only way we have to overcome this pandemic. SARS‑CoV‑2 has had an important negative impact both on the mental health of the population and on their food choices, which conditions out immune response. Thus, more than only measures to prevent contamination, also to promote a healthy lifestyle seem to be the best strategies against COVID‑19, with a view to increase our “psychoneuroimmunity” to better overcome this pandemic.
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spelling COVID‑19, Mental Health and Nutrition: A Literature reviewCOVID‑19, Saúde Mental, e Nutrição: Uma Revisão NarrativaCOVID-19Mental HealthSARS-CoV-2Immune SystemDiet, MediterraneanDietFeeding BehaviorCOVID-19Saúde MentalSARS-CoV-2Sistema ImunitárioComportamento AlimentarDietaDieta MediterrâneaSince the pandemic was declared in March 2020 by World Health Organization, COVID‑19 has been responsible for a disruptive impact on health, economy, and interpersonal relationships, with significant repercussions on mental health and the eating habits. A bibliographic review was carried out through the PubMed database, which aimed to study the implications of COVID‑19 on the mental health and eating habits of individuals. The association between increased psychopathological symptoms and pandemics has been established throughout human history. During the COVID‑19 pandemic, studies that sought to assess the mental health of individuals who had been infected with SARS‑CoV‑2 and/or were in quarantine found an increased prevalence of psychopathological symptoms such as anxiety, sadness or fear. The duration of the quarantine, socioeconomic problems, false and/or inappropriate information and the neurotropism of the virus, were some of the risk factors pointed to the appearance of these symptoms. Likewise, the scientific community has also found a relationship between the quarantine period and depressive symptoms with increased consumption of comfort foods, with high energy density and low in nutrients. This not only increases the risk of developing chronic non‑communicable diseases, such as obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus, but it also seems to influence the hypothalamic‑pituitary‑adrenal axis, with impairment of the immune system and an increase in mental illnesses such as depression. The immune response is, ultimately, the only way we have to overcome this pandemic. SARS‑CoV‑2 has had an important negative impact both on the mental health of the population and on their food choices, which conditions out immune response. Thus, more than only measures to prevent contamination, also to promote a healthy lifestyle seem to be the best strategies against COVID‑19, with a view to increase our “psychoneuroimmunity” to better overcome this pandemic.Desde que foi declarada pandemia em março de 2020 pela Organização Mundial de Saúde, a COVID‑19 tem sido responsável por um impacto disruptivo na saúde, economia e relacionamentos interpessoais, com impacto negativo ao nível da saúde mental, com repercussão nos hábitos alimentares na população. Foi realizada pesquisa bibliográfica, através da base de dados PubMed, que pretendeu estudar implicações da COVID‑19 na saúde mental e hábitos alimentares dos indivíduos. A associação entre o aumento dos sintomas psicopatológicos e as pandemias tem sido estabelecida ao longo da história da humanidade. Estudos realizados durante a pandemia COVID‑19, em indivíduos que tinham sido infetados por SARS‑CoV‑2 e/ou em quarentena, encontraram um aumento significativo, da prevalência de sintomas psicopatológicos como a ansiedade, tristeza ou medo. A duração da quarentena, problemas socioeconómicos, informações falsas e/ou inadequadas e o neurotropismo do vírus, são alguns dos fatores de risco apontados como responsáveis pelo surgimento destes sintomas. Da mesma maneira, a comunidade científica têm também encontrado uma relação entre o período de quarentena e dos sintomas angodepressivos com o aumento do consumo de alimentos conforto, de elevada densidade energética e pobre em nutrientes. Este facto, não só aumenta o risco de desenvolvimento de doenças crónicas não transmissíveis, como a obesidade e a diabetes mellitus tipo 2, como também parece influenciar o eixo hipotálamo‑hipófise‑suprarrenal, com comprometimento do sistema imunitário e aumento das doenças mentais como a depressão. A resposta imunitária é, em última instância, a única maneira que temos para ultrapassar esta pandemia. O SARS‑CoV‑2, tem tido um importante impacto negativo quer na saúde mental da população quer nas suas escolhas alimentares o que, condiciona a nossa resposta imunitária. Deste modo, para além das medidas de prevenção da contaminação, também a promoção de um estilo de vida saudável, parecem ser as melhores estratégias contra a COVID‑19, com vista a aumentar a nossa “psiconeuroimunidade” para melhor ultrapassarmos esta pandemia.Sociedade Portuguesa de Psiquiatria e Saúde Mental2021-09-08T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.51338/rppsm.2021.v7.i3.223oai:ojs.www.revistapsiquiatria.pt:article/223Revista Portuguesa de Psiquiatria e Saúde Mental; Vol. 7 No. 3 (2021); 94-100Revista Portuguesa de Psiquiatria e Saúde Mental; Vol. 7 N.º 3 (2021); 94-1002184-54172184-5522reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPporhttps://www.revistapsiquiatria.pt/index.php/sppsm/article/view/223https://doi.org/10.51338/rppsm.2021.v7.i3.223https://www.revistapsiquiatria.pt/index.php/sppsm/article/view/223/90Direitos de Autor (c) 2021 Revista Portuguesa de Psiquiatria e Saúde Mentalinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessFraga, Ana MargaridaMesquita, BárbaraFacucho-Oliveira, JoãoAlbuquerque, MargaridaCosta, MiguelEspada-Santos, PedroMoutinho, Adriana2022-09-06T09:37:41Zoai:ojs.www.revistapsiquiatria.pt:article/223Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T15:37:13.807895Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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COVID‑19, Saúde Mental, e Nutrição: Uma Revisão Narrativa
title COVID‑19, Mental Health and Nutrition: A Literature review
spellingShingle COVID‑19, Mental Health and Nutrition: A Literature review
Fraga, Ana Margarida
COVID-19
Mental Health
SARS-CoV-2
Immune System
Diet, Mediterranean
Diet
Feeding Behavior
COVID-19
Saúde Mental
SARS-CoV-2
Sistema Imunitário
Comportamento Alimentar
Dieta
Dieta Mediterrânea
title_short COVID‑19, Mental Health and Nutrition: A Literature review
title_full COVID‑19, Mental Health and Nutrition: A Literature review
title_fullStr COVID‑19, Mental Health and Nutrition: A Literature review
title_full_unstemmed COVID‑19, Mental Health and Nutrition: A Literature review
title_sort COVID‑19, Mental Health and Nutrition: A Literature review
author Fraga, Ana Margarida
author_facet Fraga, Ana Margarida
Mesquita, Bárbara
Facucho-Oliveira, João
Albuquerque, Margarida
Costa, Miguel
Espada-Santos, Pedro
Moutinho, Adriana
author_role author
author2 Mesquita, Bárbara
Facucho-Oliveira, João
Albuquerque, Margarida
Costa, Miguel
Espada-Santos, Pedro
Moutinho, Adriana
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Fraga, Ana Margarida
Mesquita, Bárbara
Facucho-Oliveira, João
Albuquerque, Margarida
Costa, Miguel
Espada-Santos, Pedro
Moutinho, Adriana
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv COVID-19
Mental Health
SARS-CoV-2
Immune System
Diet, Mediterranean
Diet
Feeding Behavior
COVID-19
Saúde Mental
SARS-CoV-2
Sistema Imunitário
Comportamento Alimentar
Dieta
Dieta Mediterrânea
topic COVID-19
Mental Health
SARS-CoV-2
Immune System
Diet, Mediterranean
Diet
Feeding Behavior
COVID-19
Saúde Mental
SARS-CoV-2
Sistema Imunitário
Comportamento Alimentar
Dieta
Dieta Mediterrânea
description Since the pandemic was declared in March 2020 by World Health Organization, COVID‑19 has been responsible for a disruptive impact on health, economy, and interpersonal relationships, with significant repercussions on mental health and the eating habits. A bibliographic review was carried out through the PubMed database, which aimed to study the implications of COVID‑19 on the mental health and eating habits of individuals. The association between increased psychopathological symptoms and pandemics has been established throughout human history. During the COVID‑19 pandemic, studies that sought to assess the mental health of individuals who had been infected with SARS‑CoV‑2 and/or were in quarantine found an increased prevalence of psychopathological symptoms such as anxiety, sadness or fear. The duration of the quarantine, socioeconomic problems, false and/or inappropriate information and the neurotropism of the virus, were some of the risk factors pointed to the appearance of these symptoms. Likewise, the scientific community has also found a relationship between the quarantine period and depressive symptoms with increased consumption of comfort foods, with high energy density and low in nutrients. This not only increases the risk of developing chronic non‑communicable diseases, such as obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus, but it also seems to influence the hypothalamic‑pituitary‑adrenal axis, with impairment of the immune system and an increase in mental illnesses such as depression. The immune response is, ultimately, the only way we have to overcome this pandemic. SARS‑CoV‑2 has had an important negative impact both on the mental health of the population and on their food choices, which conditions out immune response. Thus, more than only measures to prevent contamination, also to promote a healthy lifestyle seem to be the best strategies against COVID‑19, with a view to increase our “psychoneuroimmunity” to better overcome this pandemic.
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