Sex 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
| Author | Tayyem,Reema |
| Author | Ibrahim,Mohammed O. |
| Author | Mortada,Hussein |
| Author | AlKhalaf,Majid |
| Author | Bookari,Khlood |
| Author | Al Sabbah,Haleama |
| Author | Qasrawi,Radwan |
| Author | Kamel,Iman |
| Author | Dashti,Somaia |
| Author | Allehdan,Sabika |
| Author | Bawadi,Hiba |
| Author | Waly,Mostafa |
| Author | Abuhijleh,Haya |
| Author | Hammouh,Fadwa |
| Author | Al-Awwad,Narmeen |
| Author | Al-Bayyari,Nahla |
| Author | Cheikh Ismail,Leila |
| Author | Abu Al-Halawa,Diala |
| Author | Othman,Manal |
| Author | ,The Regional CORONA COOKING Survey Group |
| Author | Hoteit,Maha |
| Author | De Backer,Charlotte |
| Author | Teunissen,Lauranna |
| Author | Van Royen,Kathleen |
| Author | Cuykx,Isabelle |
| Author | Decorte,Paulien |
| Author | Ouvrein,Gaëlle |
| Author | Poels,Karolien |
| Author | Vandebosch,Heidi |
| Author | Maldoy,Katrien |
| Author | Pabian,Sara |
| Author | Matthys,Christophe |
| Author | Smits,Tim |
| Author | Vrinten,Jules |
| Author | DeSmet,Ann |
| Author | Teughels,Nelleke |
| Author | Geuens,Maggie |
| Author | Vermeir,Iris |
| Author | Proesmans,Viktor |
| Author | Hudders,Liselot |
| Author | Al-Mannai,Mariam |
| Author | Alalwan,Tariq |
| Author | Naim,Elissa |
| Author | Mansour,Rania |
| Author | Yazbeck,Nour |
| Author | Agha,Hazem |
| Author | Seir,Rania Abu |
| Author | Arrish,Jamila |
| Author | Fallata,Ghadir |
| Author | Alhumaidan,Omar |
| Author | Alakeel,Shihana |
| Author | AlBuayjan,Norah |
| Author | Alkhunein,Sarah |
| Author | Binobaydan,Budur |
| Author | Alshaya,Aeshah |
| Author | Aldhaheri,Ayesha |
| Available date | 2022-12-27T10:51:17Z |
| Publication Date | 2022 |
| Publication Name | Frontiers in Public Health |
| Resource | Scopus |
| Abstract | Background: 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. |
| Sponsor | This 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. |
| Language | en |
| Publisher | Frontiers Media S.A. |
| Subject | Arab countries body mass index COVID-19 pandemic dietary diversity overweight sex |
| Type | Article |
| Volume Number | 10 |
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