Dietary Intake of Patients Recovered from COVID-19

Abstract

COVID-19 is a multisystemic infection with profound physiological and behavioral sequelae, including marked disruption of dietary patterns. This study comprehensively analyzed the effect of the infection on nutrient intake by comparing dietary consumption pre and post COVID-19 and estimated dietary intake against the Estimated Average Requirement (EAR, 2020). Intake data were collected using 72-hour dietary recall questionnaires and measured retrospectively for both the periods. The overall differences between pre- and post-COVID-19 periods were highly statistically significant (p