Table 3.
The food preparation dietary habits assessed on the basis of the Adolescents’ Food Habits Checklist (AFHC) within the PLACE-19 Study.
| Declared Habits Based on AFHC * | Before the COVID-19 Pandemic | During the COVID-19 Pandemic | p ** | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Usually avoiding eating fried foods | Confirmed | 599 (24.5%) | 803 (32.8%) | <0.001 |
| Denied | 1849 (75.5%) | 1645 (67.2%) | ||
| Trying to keep the overall fat intake down | Confirmed | 1302 (53.2%) | 1299 (53.1%) | 0.933 |
| Denied | 1146 (46.8%) | 1149 (46.9%) | ||
| Trying to keep the overall sugar intake down | Confirmed | 1345 (54.9%) | 1425 (58.2%) | 0.023 |
| Denied | 1103 (45.1%) | 1023 (41.8%) | ||
| Trying to have something low in fat while having a dessert at home | Confirmed | 701 (28.6%) | 718 (29.3%) | 0.018 |
| Denied | 1479 (60.4%) | 1403 (57.3%) | ||
| Not applicable | 268 (11.0) | 327 (13.4%) | ||
| Usually eating at least one serving of vegetables/salad with the evening meal | Confirmed | 1768 (72.2%) | 1822 (74.4%) | 0.087 |
| Denied | 680 (27.8%) | 626 (25.6%) | ||
| Usually spreading butter/margarine on bread thinly | Confirmed | 1607 (65.6%) | 1570 (64.1%) | 0.402 |
| Denied | 521 (21.3%) | 528 (21.6%) | ||
| Not applicable | 320 (13.1%) | 350 (14.3%) | ||
| Usually including some chocolate and/or biscuits while having a packed lunch | Confirmed | 601 (24.6%) | 440 (18.0%) | 0.638 |
| Denied | 1536 (62.7%) | 1083 (44.2%) | ||
| Not applicable | 311 (12.7%) | 925 (37.8%) | ||
| Often having cream on desserts | Confirmed | 434 (17.7%) | 436 (17.8%) | 0.248 |
| Denied | 1604 (65.6%) | 1559 (63.7%) | ||
| Not applicable | 410 (16.7%) | 453 (18.5%) | ||
* AFHC (Adolescents’ Food Habits Checklist) as described by Johnson et al. [34]; ** Chi Square test.