Table 3.

Differences in frequency of food intake between children before and during the pandemic.

Selected Food Items		$\overline{\mathit{x}}$	SD	Never/Less than Once a Week (%)	1–3 Times a Week (%)	4–6 Times a Week (%)	1 Time Per Day (%)	2 Times Per Day (%)	3 Times Per Day (%)	4 or More Times Per Day (%)	p
Legumes (e.g., beans, lentils, chickpeas)	pre	1.63	1.14	60.5	29.6	4.5	1.9	0.8	0.3	2.4	0.0009
	peri	1.36	0.65	68.8	28.7	1.6	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.3
Potatoes (cooked)	pre	2.82	1.27	4.0	44.8	34.7	8.5	2.1	1.1	4.8	<0.0001
	peri	2.51	1.01	5.8	55.1	29.3	6.4	0.6	0.9	1.9
Raw vegetables (mixed salad, carrot, fennel, cucumber, lettuce, tomato)	pre	2.90	1.57	16.8	29.3	30.1	9.6	4.8	4.0	5.3	0.4869
	peri	2.85	1.29	12.5	35.6	19.5	24.6	4.2	2.2	1.4
Fresh fruits	pre	3.55	1.77	8.8	24.0	25.9	12.5	12.3	6.1	10.4	0.7831
	peri	3.37	1.31	4.7	25.7	18.7	38.4	6.6	2.8	3.1
Fruit juices (100% fruit), packaged	pre	3.28	1.75	11.7	32.3	18.1	14.4	7.5	9.6	6.4	<0.0001
	peri	2.77	1.42	16.1	36.8	19.2	18.1	4.2	2.8	2.8
Carbonated sugar sweetened drinks (e.g., coca cola, Fanta)	pre	1.77	1.22	56.8	27.2	7.2	3.5	2.9	1.1	1.3	<0.0001
	peri	1.40	0.81	71.1	22.8	3.4	1.7	0.0	0.3	0.6
Diet carbonated drinks (e.g., diet cola)	pre	1.43	1.03	78.1	12.3	4.0	2.7	1.1	1.1	0.8	0.0176
	peri	1.22	0.58	83.2	13.9	1.9	0.5	0.3	0.3	0
Sweetened or sugar added breakfast cereals	pre	2.21	1.30	34.7	34.1	16.8	10.1	0.8	1.3	2.1	0.6000
	peri	2.18	1.12	31.4	38.5	13.9	13.9	1.7	0.3	0.3
Plain unsweetened milk	pre	2.34	1.52	35.7	30.4	17.1	8.3	2.7	1.6	4.3	<0.0001
	peri	2.83	1.22	14.8	28.4	22.9	29.3	2.7	0.8	1.1
Plain unsweetened yoghurt or kefir	pre	1.71	1.11	57.1	28.5	6.9	4.8	0.3	1.6	0.8	0.0009
	peri	1.80	0.89	44.3	39.2	9.8	6.1	0.6	0	0
Sweet and flavored yoghurt	pre	2.15	1.24	32.8	40.0	16.3	6.1	1.6	1.3	1.9	0.0147
	peri	2.23	1.03	23.9	45.4	17.5	11.5	0.9	0.5	0.3
Fish, boiled, grilled, oven baked, raw	pre	1.52	0.90	61.6	32.3	2.4	2.1	0.5	0	1.1	0.0058
	peri	1.55	0.67	50.7	46.0	2.2	0.5	0.3	0	0.3
Fish, fried and/or coated	pre	1.55	0.86	58.1	34.9	3.5	2.4	0.3	0	0.8	0.6061
	peri	1.49	0.60	54.3	43.2	1.7	0.3	0.5	0	0
Cold cuts and preserved, ready-to-cook meat product	pre	2.94	1.51	10.9	37.9	25.1	11.2	7.2	2.4	5.3	0.0272
	peri	2.61	1.09	13.6	37.6	28.5	16.7	2.2	0.8	0.6
Poultry, meat, boiled, grilled, oven baked, without coating not fried	pre	1.98	1.17	37.6	43.2	12.0	2.1	1.9	2.1	1.1	<0.0001
	peri	2.27	0.85	13.6	54.6	26.2	4.2	0.6	0.3	0.5
Fried poultry, meat	pre	1.98	1.18	36.8	46.4	8.5	3.5	2.1	0.8	1.9	0.0662
	peri	1.71	0.59	35.4	58.7	5.5	0.5	0	0	0
White bread, white roll, white crispbread	pre	3.30	1.67	10.9	27.5	25.6	10.9	13.9	4.3	6.9	0.0092
	peri	3.35	1.12	6.1	17.8	22.5	46.2	4.5	2.2	0.8
Whole meal bread, dark roll, dark crispbread	pre	2.43	1.38	25.3	39.2	18.4	8.5	4.0	2.1	2.4	0.0617
	peri	2.22	1.17	31.8	35.1	16.7	13.3	1.7	1.2	0.2
Pasta, noodles, rice and other cereals, white, refined	pre	2.18	1.22	25.6	51.5	14.1	2.9	2.7	0.5	2.7	0.0011
	peri	2.19	0.73	10.8	65.5	19.0	3.9	0.3	0.3	0.2
Whole meal pasta, noodles, brown rice and other cereals, unrefined	pre	1.66	1.05	58.4	28.5	7.2	2.4	2.4	0.3	0.8	0.8144
	peri	1.57	0.77	55.2	35.7	7.2	1.2	0.2	0.3	0.2
Not homemade hamburger, hot dog, kebab, wrap, falafel, sandwich	pre	1.76	1.29	58.1	26.9	6.7	2.9	1.9	1.1	2.4	<0.0001
	peri	1.39	0.68	69.0	25.3	4.7	0.8	0	0.2	0.2
Nuts and seeds	pre	2.00	1.24	39.5	40.3	11.7	3.7	1.3	1.3	2.1	0.0095
	peri	1.76	0.90	45.2	41.3	8.0	4.5	0.3	0.3	0.3
Snacks such as crisps, corn crisps, popcorn, etc.	pre	1.95	1.30	45.3	35.5	9.3	4.5	1.6	1.3	2.4	0.0003
	peri	1.56	0.65	51.2	42.9	4.8	0.8	0.3	0	0
Snacks such as biscuits, packaged cakes, or pastries and puddings	pre	2.17	1.23	29.9	44.0	16.5	4.5	1.3	1.9	1.9	0.0371
	peri	2.20	0.97	21.7	50.1	17.0	9.5	1.2	0.2	0.3

$\overline{x}$

- arithmetic mean, SD—standard deviation, p—p value, indicate significant values (p < 0.05). Bold values denote statistical significance at the p < 0.05 level.