IJFANS International Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences

ISSN PRINT 2319 1775 Online 2320-7876

A Comparative Study Of Dietary Patterns Among Higher Secondary School Students During Covid-19 And Post Covid-19 Pandemic

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Dr Baig Muntajeeb Ali

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This research paper aims to analyse the dietary pattern and food habits of higher secondary students during the period of pandemic as well as post covid-19. The beginning of covid-19 has noticed that higher secondary students were more restricted in their food habits as they used to spend most of their inside their houses due to the undertaken lockdown measures. The restrictive measures during the pandemic had brought many changes in terms of their selected lifestyle elements like physical activity, education, and stress levels. The survey also suggested that there was a huge decrease in their physical activities because they used to spend most of their time in front of their computer systems, using electronic gadgets but a positive observation was demonstrated in most of their food habits. Moreover, it was also examined that there was a significant increase in the number of homemade meals consumed per day by them in course of pandemic. Many higher secondary students stated that throughout the outbreak of covid-19 many limitations were imposed on their eating habits which aimed to totally reduce the impact of corona virus amongst them. Overall there are many findings which we will discuss below and therefore, many efforts have been made to investigate the main causes as well as consequences of this change. Sample of 321 students of higher secondary school were surveyed to know their dietary patterns during covid-19 pandemic and post covid-19 pandemic. Study found a significant difference during covid-19 pandemic and post covid-19 pandemic dietary patterns among higher secondary school students.

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