Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adult obesity

Abstract

Methods: reflective study with documentary analysis based on searches carried out in the Google Scholar and Pubmed database, during the month of November 2020, whose theoretical framework was based on the theory of human motivation or hierarchy of needs basic human beings by Abraham Maslow. Results: this scenario can be even more impacted due to the pandemic period caused by COVID-19, where the accumulation of adiposity causes metabolic complications. Conclusion: the present study points out that the COVID-19 pandemic may be an important factor for Brazilians to change their habits and this is a warning factor for the development of obesity in adults, understanding that it has an impact on each of the five levels. the hierarchy of the Maslow pyramid.