Has COVID-19 Changed the Lifestyle and Dietary Habits in the Spanish Population after Confinement?
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study and Survey Methodology
2.2. Sociodemographic Parameters
2.3. Nutritional Habits
2.4. Physical Activity and Habits
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Socio-Demographic Registry
3.2. Nutritional Habits
3.3. Physical Activity and Body Weight
3.4. Toxic Habits
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Age (%) | 25–34 years 22 | 35–44 years 24.9 | 45–55 years 26.5 | 55–64 years 26.6 | ||
Gender (%) | Male | Female | ||||
25.3 | 74.7 | |||||
Residence type (%) | Living alone | Shared house | Family home | Collective residence | ||
9.3 | 11.1 | 76.5 | 3.1 | |||
Work type (%) | Face-to-face | Blended work | Online | Unemployed | Students | Others |
57 | 17.9 | 8 | 5.8 | 4.7 | 6.6 | |
Frequency of eating per day (%) | <3 | 3–5 | >5 | |||
10.1 | 88.3 | 1.6 | ||||
Mode of eating (%) | Alone | With family/friends | While watching TV/using PC | Others | ||
8.6 | 76.1 | 13.2 | 2.1 | |||
Time for eating (%) | <30 min | 30–60 min | >60 min | |||
48.2 | 51 | 0.8 | ||||
Food delivery (%) | 0 days per week | 1–3 days per week | 4–6 days per week | >6 days per week | ||
68.7 | 27.8 | 0.8 | 2.7 |
Do you eat bread daily? (%) | Yes | No | ||||||
78.8 | 21.2 | |||||||
Type of bread (%) | Wheat bread (white wheat flour) | Whole wheat bread (white whole wheat flour) | Sandwhi ch bread | Milk bread | ||||
51 | 35.7 | 12.0 | 1.3 | |||||
Do you eat oil daily? (%) | Yes | No | ||||||
96.9 | 3.1 | |||||||
Type of oil (%) | Extra Virgin olive oil | Sunflower oil | Coconut oil | |||||
98.2 | 1.2 | 0.6 | ||||||
Vegetables (%) | 0 serving per day | 1 serving per day | 2 servings per day | 3 servings per day | 4 servings per day | 5 servings per day | ||
3.7 | 29.2 | 35.8 | 20 | 6.6 | 4.7 | |||
Fruit (%) | 0 serving per day | 1 serving per day | 2 servings per day | 3 servings per day | 4 servings per day | 5 servings per day | ||
8 | 27.6 | 31.1 | 21.2 | 6.6 | 5.5 | |||
Milk/Dairy (%) | 0 serving per day | 1 serving per day | 2 servings per day | 3 servings per day | 4 servings per day | 5 servings per day | ||
3.9 | 31.5 | 40.3 | 15.4 | 5.6 | 3.3 | |||
Dried fruits (%) | 0 serving per day | 1 serving per day | 2 servings per day | 3 servings per day | 4 servings per day | 5 servings per day | ||
31.1 | 51.8 | 11.9 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 1.2 | |||
Legume (%) | 0 serving per week | 1 serving per week | 2 servings per week | 3 servings per week | 4 servings per week | 5 servings per week | 6 servings per week | 7 servings per week |
4.3 | 30 | 37.2 | 18.9 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 0.4 | 1.2 | |
Potatoes, pasta, rice (%) | 0 serving per week | 1 serving per week | 2 servings per week | 3 servings per week | 4 servings per week | 5 servings per week | 6 servings per week | 7 servings per week |
1.9 | 14.4 | 29.4 | 26.7 | 12.3 | 6.8 | 3.3 | 5.2 | |
Eggs serving (%) | 0 Unit per week | 1 Unit per week | 2 Units per week | 3 Units per week | 4 Units per week | 5 Units per week | 6 Units per week | 7 Units per week |
1.8 | 11.9 | 31.2 | 29.4 | 12.9 | 6.8 | 3.3 | 2.7 | |
Sugary drinks (%) | 0 Unit per week | 1 Unit per week | 2 Units per week | 3 Units per week | 4 Units per week | 5 Units per week | 6 Units per week | ≥ 7 Units per week |
55.3 | 18.7 | 8.6 | 6.6 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 3.3 | |
Snacks (%) | 0 Unit per week | 1 Unit per week | 2 Units per week | 3 Units per week | 4 Units per week | 5 Units per week | 6 Units per week | ≥ 7 Units per week |
37.9 | 29 | 17.1 | 8.9 | 2.5 | 1 | 1.6 | 2 | |
Industrial bakery (%) | 0 Unit per week | 1 Unit per week | 2 Units per week | 3 Units per week | 4 Units per week | 5 Units per week | 6 Units per week | ≥ 7 Units per week |
53.1 | 23.9 | 9.7 | 5.4 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 1.9 |
None Consumed in a Week | |
Vegetable drinks | 78.4 |
Red meat | 32.5 |
White meat | 4.4 |
Sausage meat | 32.9 |
White fish | 13.9 |
Blue fish | 20 |
Consumed 1–2 serving/week | |
Vegetable drinks | 8.6 |
Red meat | 49.5 |
White meat | 62 |
Sausage meat | 38.7 |
White fish | 59.9 |
Blue fish | 51.5 |
Consumed ≥ 3 serving/week | |
Vegetable drinks | 12.1 |
Red meat | 15 |
White meat | 63.8 |
Sausage meat | 33.1 |
White fish | 25.1 |
Blue fish | 12.9 |
Do you practice sport? (%) | Yes | No | ||||||
81.1 | 18.9 | |||||||
Where do you practice sport? (%) | Home | Outdoor | Sport center | |||||
23.5 | 61.3 | 15.2 | ||||||
How many days practice sport (days/week)? (%) | 0 day per week | 1 day per week | 2 days per week | 3 days per week | 4 days per week | 5 days per week | 6 days per week | 7 days per week |
15.9 | 6.6 | 19.3 | 19.3 | 14.9 | 13 | 6.5 | 4.5 | |
Time session (%) | 0 min | <30 min | 30–60 min | >60 min | ||||
15.6 | 7.3 | 42.6 | 34.6 |
Do you usually smoke? (%) | Yes | No | ||
14.2 | 85.8 | |||
Did you increase/decrease smoking after the confinement? (%) | No | Increased | Equal | Decreased |
79.8 | 4.9 | 10.7 | 4.6 | |
Do you usually drink alcohol? (%) | Yes | No | ||
62.6 | 37.4 | |||
Did you increase/decrease drinking alcohol after the confinement? (%) | No | Increase | Equal | Decrease |
28.3 | 10.6 | 35.8 | 25.3 | |
Do you consider that your diet habits have been modified by the confinement? (%) | Yes | No | ||
38.5 | 61.5 | |||
With regard to your body weight after the confinement, this was (%) | Increased | Equal | Decreased | Other |
32.4 | 52.9 | 14.3 | 0.4 |
Time Devoted to Meals | Vegetables Consumption | Fruit Consumption | Legumes Consumption | Sugary Drinks Consumption | Salty Snacks Consumption | Industrial Pastries Consumption | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | 0.114 ** | −0.09 | −0.020 | 0.001 | −0.047 | −0.002 | −0.004 |
Time devoted to meals | 1 | 0.96 * | 0.91 * | 0.163 ** | 0.013 | 0.008 | −0.018 |
Food delivery order at home | −0.013 | −0.006 | −0.032 | −0.055 | 0.113 ** | 0.129 ** | 0.105 * |
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Álvarez-Gómez, C.; De La Higuera, M.; Rivas-García, L.; Diaz-Castro, J.; Moreno-Fernandez, J.; Lopez-Frias, M. Has COVID-19 Changed the Lifestyle and Dietary Habits in the Spanish Population after Confinement? Foods 2021, 10, 2443. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10102443
Álvarez-Gómez C, De La Higuera M, Rivas-García L, Diaz-Castro J, Moreno-Fernandez J, Lopez-Frias M. Has COVID-19 Changed the Lifestyle and Dietary Habits in the Spanish Population after Confinement? Foods. 2021; 10(10):2443. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10102443
Chicago/Turabian StyleÁlvarez-Gómez, Carmen, Magdalena De La Higuera, Lorenzo Rivas-García, Javier Diaz-Castro, Jorge Moreno-Fernandez, and Magdalena Lopez-Frias. 2021. "Has COVID-19 Changed the Lifestyle and Dietary Habits in the Spanish Population after Confinement?" Foods 10, no. 10: 2443. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10102443
APA StyleÁlvarez-Gómez, C., De La Higuera, M., Rivas-García, L., Diaz-Castro, J., Moreno-Fernandez, J., & Lopez-Frias, M. (2021). Has COVID-19 Changed the Lifestyle and Dietary Habits in the Spanish Population after Confinement? Foods, 10(10), 2443. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10102443