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How is the pandemic affecting the way you eat?
Published: January 16, 2021 9:46 AM EST
Updated: January 16, 2021 9:47 AM EST
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Putting food on the table is a struggle many are facing because of the pandemic. Researchers are studying how the pandemic has affected eating habits.
A study from the University of Florida followed 3,000 people and found it didn’t matter where their food was coming from. While people ate more foods high in carbohydrates, fats, salts and sugar, the shift was not dramatic.
Jeanette Andrade, an assistant professor at the University of Florida, said people ate food that made them feel better.
During the first three months of the pandemic, food-secure people did not change their eating habits very much, although some of them turned a bit more to comfort foods, new research shows.
The study also serves as a cautionary tale for how people might want to eat in future pandemics.
The researchers conducted a national online survey of more than 3,000 food-secure people from March to May 2020. They found that most of the respondents ate foods that were high in carbohydrates, fats, salt, and sugar.
“Overall, the results from this study may demonstrate to someone that dietary habits may change during a crisis, but it also tells us they are not alone when eating comfort foods,” says Jeanette Andrade, an assistant professor of food science and human nutrition at the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agriculture Sciences.