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The Severe restriction in daily life due to Covid-19 due to lockdown had a major impact on public health, physical activity, work schedule, mental, emotional health and social relationships. Objective: To study the effect of lockdown on eating patterns, sleep cycle, physical activity level and quality of life during COVID-19 lockdown in the age group of 18-25yrs. Methodology: A random sampling method was used for a comparative study with sample the size of 100 in the age group of 18-25 years. Both the genders were recruited in the study. Questionnaire method was used to collect the data. International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) was used to measure physical activity level and WHO quality of life-Brief was used to assess the quality of quality. SPSS software was used for the analysis of the data and p value <0.05 was considered to be statistically significant. Results: The significant increase in frequency of eating home cooked meals, daily consumption of tea/coffee, daily water intake, monthly consumption of oil per family, consumption of pulses and root vegetables, duration of sleep, day-time short naps, sleep latency, sitting duration was observed during the lockdown (p<0.05). Whereas the frequency of ordering food from outside, consumption of cereals, leafy vegetables, non-vegetarian foods, milk products, nuts, fruits and beverages decreased significantly during the lockdown (p<0.05). Low physical activity level and poor quality of life was observed during the lockdown. Conclusion: The lockdown due to Covid-19 pandemic has led to poor dietary quality, sleeping pattern, physical activity, quality of life. Thus, maintaining proper physical activity, eating balance diet, managing stress and setting proper time for sleep will help to maintain good health and quality of life.