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Pandemic lockdowns led to increased alcohol consumption and a shift in dietary patterns towards higher intake of snacks, sweets, and ultra-processed foods, while decreasing consumption of fresh foods like fruits and vegetables.
Lockdowns led to increased alcohol consumption and a shift towards snacks, sweets, and ultra-processed foods, while decreasing fresh food intake. This resulted in decreased adherence to healthy diets.
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Additionally, an increased alcohol consumption was found among different countries. Consequently, adherence to healthy diets decreased.
Why this rating
Supported by multiple longitudinal studies across different countries.
Source
Eating Behaviour Changes during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Studies
Cristina González-Monroy et al. · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · 2021
DOI 10.3390/ijerph182111130
systematic_review · n=116952Cited 211×
Read the paper DOI resolved against Crossref · corpus check 2026-06-10
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