Table 1. Variables used, coding and main descriptive statistics.

Variable		Coding	Mean	S.D.
Dependent variable	Dietary changes	0: if the individual reported a change in his/her eating habits before and during the COVID-19 pandemic (worse); 1 if the individual declared to have maintained more or less the same eating habits and 2 if the individual reported to have improved the eating habits
Socio-demographic factors	Female	1: female; 0: male	0.635	0.482
	Age	Aged of the individual (years)	35.012	15.614
	Student	1: if the respondent is a student; 0: otherwise	0.550	0.498
	Single	1: if the individual is single; 0: otherwise	0.596	0.491
	Self-assessed health (SAH)	1: if the respondent assessed his/her general health status as good or very good; 0: otherwise	0.270	0.445
	Sports habits	1: if the individual reported an improvement in his/her sports habits before and during the COVID-19 pandemic; 0 otherwise	0.179	0.384
	Income_1	1: if the household annual income is less than 7,847 euros; 0 otherwise	0.197	0.139
	Income_3	1: if the household annual income is more than 26,747 euros but less than 34,419 euros; 0 otherwise	0.174	0.379
Social Isolation factors	Alone	1: if the individual lives alone; 0: otherwise	0.095	0.293
	Mobile dependence	1: if the respondent can be less than an hour without looking at the mobile phone; 0 otherwise	0.136	0.343
	Emergencies	1: if the individual reported that does not leave home expect for emergencies; 0 otherwise	0.101	0.301

Note:

Observations = 507. Source: Authors’ elaboration.