The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Frequency of Food Consumption

Başaran, Burhan; Purut, Hilal Pekmezci

doi:10.21325/jotags.2021.776

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“…Based on an electronic questionnaire, Baaran and Purut found dairy and breakfast products, vegetables, fruits, and nutritional supplements consumption increased during the pandemic. Consumption of bread, meat products, and beverage decreased [17]. In Dutch, Romeo-Arroyo et al found snacks and ultra-processed food consumption increased in the COVID-19 pandemic based on a national survey of 600 volunteers [18].…”

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Change of Consumption Behaviours in the Pandemic of COVID-19: Examining Residents’ Consumption Expenditure and Driving Determinants

Xiong

Tang

Yu-feng

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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This study investigated changes of individuals’ consumption behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic and explored the driving determinants in consumption expenditure in Zhejiang China. Based on the 454 samples of survey data, which were collected in 2020 and 2021, it showed a reduction trend in consumption expenditure during the pandemic. Compared to the consumptions before the pandemic, money spent on housing, food, and beverage did not change too much. However, expenditures on wearing, recreation, and education reduced. Age, family size, and household income were significant to the expenditure changes. Online shopping became an important alternative way for residents during the pandemic and the trend is expected to continue even after the pandemic. Based on the findings, suggestions are summarized as two points. First, the young and single residents are the main group for recovering the consumption for wearing, recreation, education, and public transport. Meanwhile, to improve the satisfactions in online shopping, regulations should be issued by the government in improving the quality of goods and service.

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Change of Consumption Behaviours in the Pandemic of COVID-19: Examining Residents’ Consumption Expenditure and Driving Determinants

Xiong

Tang

Yu-feng

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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“…For these reasons, many studies have focused on changes in consumption styles during and after the first Covid-19 global lockdown (e.g. Filimonau et al ., 2022; Ghufran et al ., 2022b; Başaran and Purut, 2021; Lamy et al ., 2022; Chenarides et al. , 2021).…”

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“…For these reasons, many studies have focused on changes in consumption styles during and after the first Covid-19 global lockdown (e.g. Filimonau et al, 2022;Ghufran et al, 2022b;Bas ¸aran and Purut, 2021;Lamy et al, 2022;Chenarides et al, 2021). However, existing knowledge about the changes in food consumption over a long period of time after the pandemic event is scarce.…”

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Can an apple a day keep COVID-19 away? A cluster analysis of the long-term COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the consumption of apples in Italy

Giannetto,

De Pascale,

Di Vita

et al. 2024

BFJ

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PurposeApples have always been considered a healthy product able to provide curative properties to consumers. In Italy, there is a long tradition of apple consumption and production both as a fresh product and as processed food. However, as with many other products, the consumption of fruits and vegetables and, more specifically apples, has been drastically affected by the first lockdown in 2020. In this project, the authors investigate whether the change in consumption habits had long-lasting consequences beyond 2020 and what are the main eating motivations, food-related behavior and socio-demographic affecting the consumption of fruits and vegetables after the pandemic.Design/methodology/approachThe authors ran two online surveys with 1,000 Italian consumers across a year (from October 2021 to December 2022). In the study, participants answered questions about their consumption habits and their eating motives. Out of 1,000 consumers, the authors included in the final analysis only the participants who answered both surveys, leaving a final sample of 651 consumers.FindingsThe results show that participants have allocated more budget to fruit and vegetables after the lockdown than before it. Moreover, consumers reported an average increase in the consumption of apples. However, the increase was more pronounced for people aged between 30 and 50 years old and identified as female. After showing the difference across time, a cluster analysis identified three main segments that differ in their eating motives, place of purchase and area of residence.Practical implicationsOverall, the results contribute to a better understanding of how the global pandemic is still affecting people's daily life. Moreover, the findings can be used to guide the marketing and communication strategies of companies in the food sector.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first study that investigates changes in the consumption of fruits and vegetables, and, more specifically, apples, in Italy more than one year after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, the study proposes a classification of consumers based on their habits in a time frame during which the COVID-19 wave was at its bottom which is not currently present in the literature.

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“…In addition, balanced nutrition during and after infection can reduce the severity of symptoms and accelerate healing of damaged cells as well [8]. Recently, studies have shown that following the pandemic, food consumption in many countries changed, and shifted to immuneboosting foods [9]. Many articles exposed the role of nutrition in coronavirus pandemic.…”

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Nutrition Strategies Pre-infection, during, and Post-infection with Coronavirus Disease

Mallasi

Al-Saeed

Badr

et al. 2023

Open Access Maced J Med Sci

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Coronavirus disease is a serious viral infection that is characterized by severe inflammation and lymphopenia. The virus attacks many organs causing acute respiratory distress and malfunctioning of the organs leading to death. Through strengthening of the innate immune system, a balanced diet plays a critical role in defense against bacterial and viral diseases. A healthy diet before, during and after an infection can lessen the severity of the symptoms and speed up the recovery of damaged cells. Due to the Mediterranean diet’s high concentration of bioactive polyphenols, which have antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antithrombic properties, numerous studies have suggested that it is a preventative dietary strategy against many diseases including coronavirus disease. Nutrition and herbal plants play a key role to enhance the immunity of people to protect and fight against coronavirus. Diet rich in antioxidants and phytochemicals represents perfect barrier to the virus through elevation of the innate immunity of the body. In addition, gut microbiota including prebiotics, probiotics, and synbiotics were found to enhance immunity to reduce the symptoms of the disease during infection. Protein-rich foods and honey bee products reported significant role during and post-coronavirus infection. This review presents updated information from original pre-clinical and clinical researches, and review articles as well to expose the nutritive strategies including breastfeeding benefits to infants pre-infection, during, and post-infection with coronavirus.

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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Frequency of Food Consumption

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Change of Consumption Behaviours in the Pandemic of COVID-19: Examining Residents’ Consumption Expenditure and Driving Determinants

Change of Consumption Behaviours in the Pandemic of COVID-19: Examining Residents’ Consumption Expenditure and Driving Determinants

Can an apple a day keep COVID-19 away? A cluster analysis of the long-term COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the consumption of apples in Italy

Nutrition Strategies Pre-infection, during, and Post-infection with Coronavirus Disease

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