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. 2021 Aug 13;167:105651. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2021.105651

Table 2.

Percentage of participants who reported having increased and decreased their consumption frequency of different categories of food and beverages for participants who stated not having experienced changes in their eating habits and for those who characterized the changes as positive, negative or neither positive nor negative.

Change in consumption frequency Food or beverage No changes (n = 435) Categorization of the changes
Positive (n = 207) Negative (n = 145) Neither positive nor negative (n = 104)
More frequently than before Fruit 23 52 10 29
Vegetables (excluding potatoes and tubers) 17 63 10 24
Potatoes and tubers 10 29 34 23
Pulses 17 43 21 32
Rice, pasta or polenta 9 21 50 29
Meat and poultry 8 21 20 19
Fish 7 19 5 9
Water 16 34 21 32
Bakery 9 7 37 18
Cookies and alfajores 6 5 30 10
Sweets and chocolates 9 9 38 17
Yogurt and milk desserts 6 10 10 7
Cured meats 4 2 29 8
Savory snacks 4 3 19 13
Frozen ready-to-eat meals 4 4 30 11
Sweetened beverages 5 5 24 13
Alcoholic beverages
14
18
32
25
Less frequently than before Fruit 5 5 43 19
Vegetables (excluding potatoes and tubers) 4 4 47 6
Potatoes and tubers 3 9 12 4
Pulses 3 2 15 4
Rice, pasta or polenta 4 15 8 4
Meat and poultry 8 21 26 13
Fish 14 15 41 27
Water 6 6 17 10
Cookies and alfajores 17 46 25 36
Sweets and chocolates 16 41 23 37
Bakery products 26 56 28 40
Yogurt and milk desserts 8 20 30 18
Cured meats 17 39 23 28
Savory snacks 18 38 19 26
Frozen ready-to-eat meals 18 46 19 29
Sweetened beverages 12 32 19 19
Alcoholic beverages 12 17 17 12