WASHINGTON : A new research indicated that lockdowns to help curb the spread of COVID-19 could be linked to an increase in symptoms associated with eating disorders.The findings of the study were published in the journal 'Psychiatry Research'.The longitudinal study, carried out by academics from Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) in Cambridge, England, examined the behaviour and attitudes of 319 health club members during the summer of 2020.The researchers followed up initial research into addictive or unhealthy behaviours, conducted in 2019, to investigate the effects of the first COVID-19 restrictions introduced in the spring of 2020.Participants, with an average age of 37, completed the eating attitudes test, called EAT-26, which involved.