How COVID-19 Pandemic Has Influenced Public Interest in Foods: A Google Trends Analysis of Italian Data
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Selection of Food-Related Terms
2.2. Google Trends Data
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Maugeri, A.; Barchitta, M.; Perticone, V.; Agodi, A. How COVID-19 Pandemic Has Influenced Public Interest in Foods: A Google Trends Analysis of Italian Data. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 1976. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20031976
Maugeri A, Barchitta M, Perticone V, Agodi A. How COVID-19 Pandemic Has Influenced Public Interest in Foods: A Google Trends Analysis of Italian Data. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023; 20(3):1976. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20031976
Chicago/Turabian StyleMaugeri, Andrea, Martina Barchitta, Vanessa Perticone, and Antonella Agodi. 2023. "How COVID-19 Pandemic Has Influenced Public Interest in Foods: A Google Trends Analysis of Italian Data" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20, no. 3: 1976. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20031976