From: Dietary trends among young adults during the COVID-19 lockdown: socioeconomic and gender disparities
Dietary composition | Pre-Covid | During Covid | Change | P-value | |||
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M | SD | M | SD | ||||
Meat | Lower income | 29.32 | 18.89 | 28.07 | 16.57 | -1.25 | .271 |
Higher income | 27.63 | 16.91 | 25.04 | 16.51 | -2.59 | .044 | |
Male | 34.32 | 16.74 | 30.49 | 15.56 | -3.83 | .042 | |
Female | 26.21 | 17.48 | 25.68 | 16.86 | -0.53 | .542 | |
Fruits/vegetables | Lower income | 22.75 | 12.95 | 22.11 | 12.31 | -0.64 | .578 |
Higher income | 25.44 | 17.64 | 25.36 | 15.84 | -0.08 | .961 | |
Male | 20.38 | 10.96 | 19.92 | 10.92 | -0.46 | .721 | |
Female | 25.63 | 16.15 | 25.06 | 14.91 | -0.57 | .620 | |
Dairy | Lower-income | 17.57 | 10.64 | 18.29 | 11.64 | 0.72 | .386 |
Higher-income | 16.91 | 10.00 | 16.44 | 10.55 | -0.47 | .675 | |
Male | 16.66 | 9.61 | 16.58 | 11.23 | -0.08 | .954 | |
Female | 17.40 | 10.62 | 17.76 | 11.28 | 0.36 | .626 | |
Grains | Lower-income | 13.78 | 11.56 | 12.05 | 11.29 | -1.73 | .014 |
Higher-income | 13.96 | 12.19 | 13.83 | 12.40 | -0.13 | .856 | |
Male | 14.86 | 12.32 | 12.32 | 12.33 | -2.54 | .003 | |
Female | 13.39 | 11.56 | 12.70 | 11.55 | -0.69 | .261 | |
Junk food | Lower-income | 16.55 | 12.64 | 19.48 | 14.36 | 2.93 | .049 |
Higher-income | 16.06 | 13.74 | 19.32 | 15.04 | 3.26 | .071 | |
Male | 13.69 | 11.51 | 20.68 | 15.78 | 6.99 | .002 | |
Female | 17.37 | 13.54 | 18.80 | 14.24 | 1.43 | .281 | |
Source of food | |||||||
 Restaurants | Lower-income | 17.90 | 16.02 | 13.90 | 16.52 | -4 | .008 |
Higher-income | 17.44 | 15.42 | 11.90 | 14.95 | -5.54 | .005 | |
Male | 18.55 | 18.67 | 14.44 | 16.00 | -4.11 | .050 | |
Female | 17.55 | 14.53 | 12.82 | 15.97 | -4.73 | .001 | |
 Fast food | Lower-income | 14.89 | 13.30 | 16.58 | 16.59 | 1.69 | .209 |
Higher-income | 15.40 | 13.28 | 11.77 | 13.64 | -3.63 | .013 | |
Male | 14.69 | 12.65 | 15.75 | 15.35 | 1.06 | .543 | |
Female | 15.33 | 13.49 | 14.59 | 15.87 | -0.74 | .550 | |
 Home cooked (pre-prepared) | Lower-income | 16.90 | 16.64 | 16.57 | 16.66 | -0.33 | .778 |
Higher-income | 16.28 | 18.54 | 17.56 | 19.26 | 1.28 | .556 | |
Male | 21.65 | 21.30 | 20.30 | 20.94 | -1.35 | .651 | |
Female | 14.68 | 15.20 | 15.40 | 15.99 | 0.72 | .463 | |
 Home-cooked (by scratch) | Lower-income | 41.08 | 24.39 | 40.33 | 26.81 | -0.75 | .729 |
Higher-income | 40.81 | 26.05 | 46.41 | 29.01 | 5.6 | .040 | |
Male | 35.69 | 23.29 | 37.03 | 26.11 | 1.34 | .698 | |
Female | 43.04 | 25.04 | 44.66 | 28.02 | 1.62 | .403 | |
 Junk food | Lower-income | 9.34 | 10.32 | 12.43 | 10.91 | 3.09 | .002 |
Higher-income | 10.07 | 10.92 | 12.36 | 12.22 | 2.29 | .115 | |
Male | 9.52 | 11.69 | 12.20 | 10.70 | 2.68 | .037 | |
Female | 9.46 | 9.88 | 12.48 | 11.76 | 3.02 | .004 |