Table 6.
The changes of dietary habits scores for purchase, preparation, consumption and total habits in categories of healthy, neutral and unhealthy habits calculated on the basis of the Adolescents’ Food Habits Checklist (AFHC) within the PLACE-19 Study.
| Habits | Measure of Habits | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before the COVID-19 Pandemic | During the COVID-19 Pandemic | AFHC Total Score |
AFHC Purchase Score |
AFHC Preparation Score |
AFHC Consumption Score |
|
| Unchanged habits | Unhealthy | Unhealthy | 476 (19.4%) | 363 (14.8%) | 452 (18.5%) | 470 (19.2%) |
| Neutral | Neutral | 979 (40.0%) | 829 (33.9%) | 900 (36.8%) | 931 (38.0%) | |
| Healthy | Healthy | 473 (19.3%) | 431 (17.6%) | 425 (17.4%) | 438 (17.9%) | |
| Total | 1928 (78.7%) | 1623 (66.3%) | 1777 (72.7%) | 1839 (75.1%) | ||
| Improved habits | Unhealthy | Neutral | 122 (5.0%) | 236 (9.6%) | 150 (6.1%) | 134 (5.5%) |
| Neutral | Healthy | 125 (5.1%) | 168 (6.9%) | 177 (7.2%) | 166 (6.8%) | |
| Unhealthy | Healthy | 14 (0.6%) | 13 (0.5%) | 10 (0.4%) | 8 (0.3%) | |
| Total | 261 (10.7%) | 417 (17.0%) | 337 (13.8%) | 308 (12.6%) | ||
| Worsened habits | Neutral | Unhealthy | 120 (4.9%) | 227 (9.3%) | 147 (6.0%) | 127 (5.2%) |
| Healthy | Neutral | 123 (5.0%) | 159 (6.5%) | 174 (7.1%) | 159 (6.5%) | |
| Healthy | Unhealthy | 16 (0.7%) | 22 (0.9%) | 13 (0.5%) | 15 (0.6%) | |
| Total | 259 (10.6%) | 408 (16.7%) | 334 (13.6%) | 301 (12.3%) | ||