Effect of COVID 19 pandemic on the BMI and lifestyle of university students

Abstract

COVID-19 Pandemic has affected our life greatly throughout the world. People maintained a regular lifestyle before the pandemic which has been hampered by the lockdown. Also, Obesity has become one of the leading causes of sickness and mortality throughout the world, and it was aggravated by this dangerous viral condition. A questionnaire was issued to the university students of Bangladesh in order to collect data on their height, weight, social media usage time, smoking habits and other relevant factors before and after pandemic from October 2019 to July 2020. This study was conducted to identify, how the BMI and lifestyle of university students were affected during this pandemic. Based on our data it is certain that and social interaction, physical exercise and tea-coffee intake are not accurately related but other factors like sleeping hours, time spending on social media, consumption of carbonated drinks and food schedules were significantly affected after the pandemic.