RESULTS
The questionnaire covered 944 people, who answered questions about the topic “anxiety and binge eating during quarantine”. All of them accepted the free and informed consent form. As for sex, 76.9% were female and 23% male.
1. Do you think about food all the time (for example, do you have a meal thinking about the next one?
- 64.5% (609 people) posted sometimes, 20.6% (194 people) never posted and 14.6% (141 people) always posted.
2. Do you eat to escape from worries, relieve stress, or to comfort yourself?
- 73.2% (691 people) did it at specific times, 19.2% (181 people) never did it and 7.6% (72 people) did it at all meals.
3. Do you eat until you feel full (do you eat even after satiety)?
- 41.1% (388 people) posted more than twice a week, 36.5% (345 people) posted once a week and 22.4% (211 people) never posted.
4. Do you eat in secret / are you ashamed of how much you eat?
- 66.7% (630 people) said no, 23.2% (219 people) said the times and 10.1% (95 people) said yes.
5. Do you feel guilty at times when you overeat?
- 45% (425 people) said yes, 30.3% (286 people) said the times and 24.7% (233 people) said no.
6. How much has the frequency of eating per day increased at this time?
- It was analyzed on a scale of 1-10. 20.4% (193 people) put 1; 13.8% (130 people) put 2; 15.5% (146 people) put 3; 12% (113 people) put 4; 15.8% (149 people) put 5; 6.6% (62 people) put 6; 6.4% (60 people) put 7; 6.5% (61 people) put 8; 1.3% (12 people) put 9 and 1.9% (18 people) put 10 (Figure 1).
Figure 1. How often you eat each day.