Lifestyle of young people and parents during the pandemic: The role of measures and relationship quality

It is important for people's health that they smoke less, drink less alcohol and are less overweight. The measures during the COVID-19 pandemic (such as the closure of schools, mandatory working from home, and the closure of sports clubs) may have influenced people's health behavior. With this study we therefore examine whether health behavior (namely smoking, drinking alcohol, healthy eating, and exercising) and Body Mass Index (BMI; a measure that shows whether weight is healthy in relation to height) in young people and their parents has changed due to the COVID-19 measures. We will also investigate whether parents and their children show more or less the same health behavior during different phases of the pandemic (such as during lockdowns and partial reopenings). We will also look at whether a good relationship between parents and their children might influence all these possible changes, because parents and their children were together more often during lockdowns. We use data from the "G(V)OED for each other" study for this purpose. This research will provide us with more knowledge about how we can improve the healthy behavior of young people and their parents.