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Assessment of Spanish Food Consumption Patterns during COVID-19 Home Confinement

People’s eating habits and lifestyle can have a negative impact on health. In situations of difficulty or socioeconomic crisis, these habits tend to be modified, leading to unhealthy dietary patterns that result in an increase of chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Previous studies have indica...

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Autores principales: Maestre, Ana, Sospedra, Isabel, Martínez-Sanz, José Miguel, Gutierrez-Hervas, Ana, Fernández-Saez, José, Hurtado-Sánchez, José Antonio, Norte, Aurora
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8617653/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34836377
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13114122
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author Maestre, Ana
Sospedra, Isabel
Martínez-Sanz, José Miguel
Gutierrez-Hervas, Ana
Fernández-Saez, José
Hurtado-Sánchez, José Antonio
Norte, Aurora
author_facet Maestre, Ana
Sospedra, Isabel
Martínez-Sanz, José Miguel
Gutierrez-Hervas, Ana
Fernández-Saez, José
Hurtado-Sánchez, José Antonio
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description People’s eating habits and lifestyle can have a negative impact on health. In situations of difficulty or socioeconomic crisis, these habits tend to be modified, leading to unhealthy dietary patterns that result in an increase of chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Previous studies have indicated that, due to the state of alarm imposed in Spain to combat the spread of COVID-19, an increase in the purchase of non-core products occurred, along with a decrease in the daily physical activity of the population. This could be a risk factor for COVID-19 infection. The objective of this observational study was to analyze the dietary pattern of the Spanish population during home confinement and to compare it with the pattern of habitual consumption collected in the last National Health Survey, analyzing the possible changes. More than half of the respondents in the sample increased their consumption of sweets and snacks during confinement, while the consumption of fresh products decreased. Most claimed to be emotionally hungry, leading to an increase in their daily energy intake. The stress and anxiety generated by confinement could be the cause of the increased consumption of products rich in sugars and saturated fats, which are associated with greater stress and anxiety.
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spelling pubmed-86176532021-11-27 Assessment of Spanish Food Consumption Patterns during COVID-19 Home Confinement Maestre, Ana Sospedra, Isabel Martínez-Sanz, José Miguel Gutierrez-Hervas, Ana Fernández-Saez, José Hurtado-Sánchez, José Antonio Norte, Aurora Nutrients Article People’s eating habits and lifestyle can have a negative impact on health. In situations of difficulty or socioeconomic crisis, these habits tend to be modified, leading to unhealthy dietary patterns that result in an increase of chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Previous studies have indicated that, due to the state of alarm imposed in Spain to combat the spread of COVID-19, an increase in the purchase of non-core products occurred, along with a decrease in the daily physical activity of the population. This could be a risk factor for COVID-19 infection. The objective of this observational study was to analyze the dietary pattern of the Spanish population during home confinement and to compare it with the pattern of habitual consumption collected in the last National Health Survey, analyzing the possible changes. More than half of the respondents in the sample increased their consumption of sweets and snacks during confinement, while the consumption of fresh products decreased. Most claimed to be emotionally hungry, leading to an increase in their daily energy intake. The stress and anxiety generated by confinement could be the cause of the increased consumption of products rich in sugars and saturated fats, which are associated with greater stress and anxiety. MDPI 2021-11-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8617653/ /pubmed/34836377 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13114122 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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