Objective: To analyze the association between eating habits and adherence to online nutritional
monitoring of adults with type 1 diabetes during social distance due to the COVID19 pandemic
in Brazil. Methods: Crosssectional study carried out in July 2020. An online form was used to
collect sociodemographic data, financial status, eating habits, carrying out online nutritional
monitoring and adherence to social distance. Pearson's chisquare test was performed with
adjusted residual analysis (level of statistical significance p <0.05). Results: 472 adults, 86.0%
female and 47.0% residing in the Southeast region of Brazil. About 64% said they had not
consulted online during social distance and, among those who had this type of consultation,
only 8.9% had consulted with a nutritionist. There was an increase in food consumption
(61.3%), an increase in consumption (47.9%; p = 0.000) and in the preference (52.8%; p =
0.000) for sweet foods, most of them were five or more meals a day (50.4%), consumed up to
three servings of fruit (80.9%) and more than two servings of vegetables a day (63.6%),
increased the practice of cooking (50.8% ). Doing nutritional monitoring online during social
distance was associated with living in the metropolitan region (p = 0.023), having a family
income between 10 and 20 minimum wages (p = 0.042), having reduced the consumption of
ultraprocessed foods (p = 0.021), eating two to three servings of fruit a day (p = 0.036) and
perform Carbohydrate Counting (CC) more frequently (p = 0.000). Conclusion: Nutritional
monitoring, even if performed remotely, can influence the acquisition and maintenance of
healthier eating habits, in addition to assisting adherence to the practice of CC.
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