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AuthorTayyem,Reema
AuthorIbrahim,Mohammed O.
AuthorMortada,Hussein
AuthorAlKhalaf,Majid
AuthorBookari,Khlood
AuthorAl Sabbah,Haleama
AuthorQasrawi,Radwan
AuthorKamel,Iman
AuthorDashti,Somaia
AuthorAllehdan,Sabika
AuthorBawadi,Hiba
AuthorWaly,Mostafa
AuthorAbuhijleh,Haya
AuthorHammouh,Fadwa
AuthorAl-Awwad,Narmeen
AuthorAl-Bayyari,Nahla
AuthorCheikh Ismail,Leila
AuthorAbu Al-Halawa,Diala
AuthorOthman,Manal
Author,The Regional CORONA COOKING Survey Group
AuthorHoteit,Maha
AuthorDe Backer,Charlotte
AuthorTeunissen,Lauranna
AuthorVan Royen,Kathleen
AuthorCuykx,Isabelle
AuthorDecorte,Paulien
AuthorOuvrein,Gaëlle
AuthorPoels,Karolien
AuthorVandebosch,Heidi
AuthorMaldoy,Katrien
AuthorPabian,Sara
AuthorMatthys,Christophe
AuthorSmits,Tim
AuthorVrinten,Jules
AuthorDeSmet,Ann
AuthorTeughels,Nelleke
AuthorGeuens,Maggie
AuthorVermeir,Iris
AuthorProesmans,Viktor
AuthorHudders,Liselot
AuthorAl-Mannai,Mariam
AuthorAlalwan,Tariq
AuthorNaim,Elissa
AuthorMansour,Rania
AuthorYazbeck,Nour
AuthorAgha,Hazem
AuthorSeir,Rania Abu
AuthorArrish,Jamila
AuthorFallata,Ghadir
AuthorAlhumaidan,Omar
AuthorAlakeel,Shihana
AuthorAlBuayjan,Norah
AuthorAlkhunein,Sarah
AuthorBinobaydan,Budur
AuthorAlshaya,Aeshah
AuthorAldhaheri,Ayesha
Available date2022-12-27T10:51:17Z
Publication Date2022
Publication NameFrontiers in Public Health
ResourceScopus
URIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1029219
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/37678
AbstractBackground: The COVID-19 pandemic along with its confinement period boosted lifestyle modifications and impacted women and men differently which exacerbated existing gender inequalities. The main objective of this paper is to assess the gender-based differentials in food consumption patterns, dietary diversity and the determinants favoring weight change before and amid the COVID-19 pandemic among Arab men and women from 10 Arab countries. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted based on a convenience sample of 12,447 households' family members (mean age: 33.2 ± 12.9; 50.1% females) and information from participants aged 18 years and above was collected about periods before and during the pandemic. Results: Findings showed that, during the COVID-19 period, the dietary diversity, declined by 1.9% among females compared to males (0.4%) (p < 0.001) and by 1.5% among overweight participants (p < 0.001) compared to their counterparts. Conclusions: To conclude, gender-sensitive strategies and policies to address weight gain and dietary diversity during emergent shocks and pandemics are urgently needed in the region.
SponsorThis research was funded by the Research Foundation Flanders (G047518N) and Flanders Innovation and Entrepreneurship (HBC.2018.0397). These funding sources had no role in the design of the study, the analysis and interpretation of the data or the writing, nor the decision to publish the manuscript.
Languageen
PublisherFrontiers Media S.A.
SubjectArab countries
body mass index
COVID-19 pandemic
dietary diversity
overweight
sex
TitleSex disparities in food consumption patterns, dietary diversity and determinants of self-reported body weight changes before and amid the COVID-19 pandemic in 10 Arab countries
TypeArticle
Volume Number10
dc.accessType Open Access


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