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Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Food Security and Diet-Related Lifestyle Behaviors: An Analytical Study of Google Trends-Based Query Volumes

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV)-2 disease (COVID)-19 is having profound effects on the global economy and food trade. Limited data are available on how this pandemic is affecting our dietary and lifestyle-related behaviors at the global level. Google Trends was used to o...

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Autores principales: Mayasari, Noor Rohmah, Ho, Dang Khanh Ngan, Lundy, David J., Skalny, Anatoly V., Tinkov, Alexey A., Teng, I-Chun, Wu, Meng-Chieh, Faradina, Amelia, Mohammed, Afrah Zaki Mahdi, Park, Ji Min, Ngu, Yi Jing, Aliné, Sabrina, Shofia, Naila Maya, Chang, Jung-Su
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7601866/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33053656
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu12103103
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author Mayasari, Noor Rohmah
Ho, Dang Khanh Ngan
Lundy, David J.
Skalny, Anatoly V.
Tinkov, Alexey A.
Teng, I-Chun
Wu, Meng-Chieh
Faradina, Amelia
Mohammed, Afrah Zaki Mahdi
Park, Ji Min
Ngu, Yi Jing
Aliné, Sabrina
Shofia, Naila Maya
Chang, Jung-Su
author_facet Mayasari, Noor Rohmah
Ho, Dang Khanh Ngan
Lundy, David J.
Skalny, Anatoly V.
Tinkov, Alexey A.
Teng, I-Chun
Wu, Meng-Chieh
Faradina, Amelia
Mohammed, Afrah Zaki Mahdi
Park, Ji Min
Ngu, Yi Jing
Aliné, Sabrina
Shofia, Naila Maya
Chang, Jung-Su
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description The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV)-2 disease (COVID)-19 is having profound effects on the global economy and food trade. Limited data are available on how this pandemic is affecting our dietary and lifestyle-related behaviors at the global level. Google Trends was used to obtain worldwide relative search volumes (RSVs) covering a timeframe from before the COVID-19 pandemic 1 June 2019 to 27 April 2020. Spearman’s rank-order correlation coefficients were used to measure relationships between daily confirmed cases and aforementioned RSVs between 31 December 2019 and 15 April 2020. RSV curves showed increased interest in multiple keywords related to dietary and lifestyle behaviors during the COVID-19 lockdown period in March and April 2020. Spearman’s correlation analysis showed that the strongest variables in each keyword category were (1) food security (food shortage: r = 0.749, food bank: r = 0.660, and free food: r = 0.555; all p < 0.001), (2) dietary behaviors (delivery: r = 0.780, restaurant: r = −0.731, take-away: r = 0.731, and food-delivery: r = 0.693; all p < 0.001), (3) outdoor-related behaviors (resort: r = −0.922, hotel: r = −0.913, cinema: r = −0.844, park: r = −0.827, fitness: r = −0.817, gym: r = −0.811; plant: r = 0.749, sunbathing: r = 0.668, and online: r = 0.670; all p < 0.001), and (4) immune-related nutrients/herbs/foods (vitamin C: r = 0.802, vitamin A: r = 0.780, zinc: r = 0.781, immune: r = 0.739, vitamin E: r = 0.707, garlic: r = 0.667, omega-3 fatty acid: r = −0.633, vitamin D: r = 0.549, and turmeric: r = 0.545; all p < 0.001). Restricted movement has affected peoples’ dietary and lifestyle behaviors as people tend to search for immune-boosting nutrients/herbs and have replaced outdoor activities with sedentary indoor behaviors.
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spelling pubmed-76018662020-11-01 Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Food Security and Diet-Related Lifestyle Behaviors: An Analytical Study of Google Trends-Based Query Volumes Mayasari, Noor Rohmah Ho, Dang Khanh Ngan Lundy, David J. Skalny, Anatoly V. Tinkov, Alexey A. Teng, I-Chun Wu, Meng-Chieh Faradina, Amelia Mohammed, Afrah Zaki Mahdi Park, Ji Min Ngu, Yi Jing Aliné, Sabrina Shofia, Naila Maya Chang, Jung-Su Nutrients Article The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV)-2 disease (COVID)-19 is having profound effects on the global economy and food trade. Limited data are available on how this pandemic is affecting our dietary and lifestyle-related behaviors at the global level. Google Trends was used to obtain worldwide relative search volumes (RSVs) covering a timeframe from before the COVID-19 pandemic 1 June 2019 to 27 April 2020. Spearman’s rank-order correlation coefficients were used to measure relationships between daily confirmed cases and aforementioned RSVs between 31 December 2019 and 15 April 2020. RSV curves showed increased interest in multiple keywords related to dietary and lifestyle behaviors during the COVID-19 lockdown period in March and April 2020. Spearman’s correlation analysis showed that the strongest variables in each keyword category were (1) food security (food shortage: r = 0.749, food bank: r = 0.660, and free food: r = 0.555; all p < 0.001), (2) dietary behaviors (delivery: r = 0.780, restaurant: r = −0.731, take-away: r = 0.731, and food-delivery: r = 0.693; all p < 0.001), (3) outdoor-related behaviors (resort: r = −0.922, hotel: r = −0.913, cinema: r = −0.844, park: r = −0.827, fitness: r = −0.817, gym: r = −0.811; plant: r = 0.749, sunbathing: r = 0.668, and online: r = 0.670; all p < 0.001), and (4) immune-related nutrients/herbs/foods (vitamin C: r = 0.802, vitamin A: r = 0.780, zinc: r = 0.781, immune: r = 0.739, vitamin E: r = 0.707, garlic: r = 0.667, omega-3 fatty acid: r = −0.633, vitamin D: r = 0.549, and turmeric: r = 0.545; all p < 0.001). Restricted movement has affected peoples’ dietary and lifestyle behaviors as people tend to search for immune-boosting nutrients/herbs and have replaced outdoor activities with sedentary indoor behaviors. MDPI 2020-10-12 /pmc/articles/PMC7601866/ /pubmed/33053656 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu12103103 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Mayasari, Noor Rohmah
Ho, Dang Khanh Ngan
Lundy, David J.
Skalny, Anatoly V.
Tinkov, Alexey A.
Teng, I-Chun
Wu, Meng-Chieh
Faradina, Amelia
Mohammed, Afrah Zaki Mahdi
Park, Ji Min
Ngu, Yi Jing
Aliné, Sabrina
Shofia, Naila Maya
Chang, Jung-Su
Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Food Security and Diet-Related Lifestyle Behaviors: An Analytical Study of Google Trends-Based Query Volumes
title Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Food Security and Diet-Related Lifestyle Behaviors: An Analytical Study of Google Trends-Based Query Volumes
title_full Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Food Security and Diet-Related Lifestyle Behaviors: An Analytical Study of Google Trends-Based Query Volumes
title_fullStr Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Food Security and Diet-Related Lifestyle Behaviors: An Analytical Study of Google Trends-Based Query Volumes
title_full_unstemmed Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Food Security and Diet-Related Lifestyle Behaviors: An Analytical Study of Google Trends-Based Query Volumes
title_short Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Food Security and Diet-Related Lifestyle Behaviors: An Analytical Study of Google Trends-Based Query Volumes
title_sort impacts of the covid-19 pandemic on food security and diet-related lifestyle behaviors: an analytical study of google trends-based query volumes
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7601866/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33053656
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu12103103
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