TY - JOUR AU - Di Renzo, Laura AU - Gualtieri, Paola AU - Pivari, Francesca AU - Soldati, Laura AU - Attinà, Alda AU - Cinelli, Giulia AU - Leggeri, Claudia AU - Caparello, Giovanna AU - Barrea, Luigi AU - Scerbo, Francesco AU - Esposito, Ernesto AU - De Lorenzo, Antonino PY - 2020 DA - 2020/06/08 TI - Eating habits and lifestyle changes during COVID-19 lockdown: an Italian survey JO - Journal of Translational Medicine SP - 229 VL - 18 IS - 1 AB - On December 12th 2019, a new coronavirus (SARS-Cov2) emerged in Wuhan, China, sparking a pandemic of acute respiratory syndrome in humans (COVID-19). On the 24th of April 2020, the number of COVID-19 deaths in the world, according to the COVID-Case Tracker by Johns Hopkins University, was 195,313, and the number of COVID-19 confirmed cases was 2,783,512. The COVID-19 pandemic represents a massive impact on human health, causing sudden lifestyle changes, through social distancing and isolation at home, with social and economic consequences. Optimizing public health during this pandemic requires not only knowledge from the medical and biological sciences, but also of all human sciences related to lifestyle, social and behavioural studies, including dietary habits and lifestyle. SN - 1479-5876 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12967-020-02399-5 DO - 10.1186/s12967-020-02399-5 ID - Di Renzo2020 ER -