Who We Seek and What We Eat? Sources of Food Choice Inspirations and Their Associations with Adult Dietary Patterns before and during the COVID-19 Lockdown in New Zealand
Research shows the shaping of food choices often occurs at home, with the family widely recognised as significant in food decisions. However, in this digital age, our eating habits and decision-making processes are also determined by smartphone apps, celebrity chefs, and social media. The ‘COVID Kai...
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| author | Rajshri Roy Teresa Gontijo de Castro Jillian Haszard Victoria Egli Lisa Te Morenga Lauranna Teunissen Paulien Decorte Isabelle Cuykx Charlotte De Backer Sarah Gerritsen |
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| description | Research shows the shaping of food choices often occurs at home, with the family widely recognised as significant in food decisions. However, in this digital age, our eating habits and decision-making processes are also determined by smartphone apps, celebrity chefs, and social media. The ‘COVID Kai Survey’ online questionnaire assessed cooking and shopping behaviours among New Zealanders during the 2020 COVID-19 ‘lockdown’ using a cross-sectional study design. This paper examines how sources of food choice inspirations (cooking-related advice and the reasons for recipe selection) are related to dietary patterns before and during the lockdown. Of the 2977 participants, those influenced by nutrition and health experts (50.9% before; 53.9% during the lockdown) scored higher for the healthy dietary pattern. Participants influenced by family and friends (35% before; 29% during the lockdown) had significantly higher scores for the healthy and the meat dietary patterns, whereas participants influenced by celebrity cooks (3.8% before; 5.2% during the lockdown) had significantly higher scores in the meat dietary pattern. There was no evidence that associations differed before and during the lockdown. The lockdown was related to modified food choice inspiration sources, notably an increase in ‘comforting’ recipes as a reason for recipe selection (75.8%), associated with higher scoring in the unhealthy dietary pattern during the lockdown. The lockdown in New Zealand saw an average decrease in nutritional quality of diets in the ‘COVID Kai Survey’, which could be partly explained by changes in food choice inspiration sources. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1026dceb633a439ca3b0cea496eee8d32023-11-23T00:47:52ZengMDPI AGNutrients2072-66432021-11-011311391710.3390/nu13113917Who We Seek and What We Eat? Sources of Food Choice Inspirations and Their Associations with Adult Dietary Patterns before and during the COVID-19 Lockdown in New ZealandRajshri Roy0Teresa Gontijo de Castro1Jillian Haszard2Victoria Egli3Lisa Te Morenga4Lauranna Teunissen5Paulien Decorte6Isabelle Cuykx7Charlotte De Backer8Sarah Gerritsen9Discipline of Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Auckland, Auckland 1023, New ZealandDiscipline of Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Auckland, Auckland 1023, New ZealandDepartment of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Dunedin 9016, New ZealandSchool of Nursing, University of Auckland, Auckland 1023, New ZealandCentre for Hauora and Health, Massey University, Palmerston North 4442, New ZealandDepartment of Communication Studies, University of Antwerp, 2000 Antwerpen, BelgiumDepartment of Communication Studies, University of Antwerp, 2000 Antwerpen, BelgiumDepartment of Communication Studies, University of Antwerp, 2000 Antwerpen, BelgiumDepartment of Communication Studies, University of Antwerp, 2000 Antwerpen, BelgiumSchool of Population Health, University of Auckland, Auckland 1023, New ZealandResearch shows the shaping of food choices often occurs at home, with the family widely recognised as significant in food decisions. However, in this digital age, our eating habits and decision-making processes are also determined by smartphone apps, celebrity chefs, and social media. The ‘COVID Kai Survey’ online questionnaire assessed cooking and shopping behaviours among New Zealanders during the 2020 COVID-19 ‘lockdown’ using a cross-sectional study design. This paper examines how sources of food choice inspirations (cooking-related advice and the reasons for recipe selection) are related to dietary patterns before and during the lockdown. Of the 2977 participants, those influenced by nutrition and health experts (50.9% before; 53.9% during the lockdown) scored higher for the healthy dietary pattern. Participants influenced by family and friends (35% before; 29% during the lockdown) had significantly higher scores for the healthy and the meat dietary patterns, whereas participants influenced by celebrity cooks (3.8% before; 5.2% during the lockdown) had significantly higher scores in the meat dietary pattern. There was no evidence that associations differed before and during the lockdown. The lockdown was related to modified food choice inspiration sources, notably an increase in ‘comforting’ recipes as a reason for recipe selection (75.8%), associated with higher scoring in the unhealthy dietary pattern during the lockdown. The lockdown in New Zealand saw an average decrease in nutritional quality of diets in the ‘COVID Kai Survey’, which could be partly explained by changes in food choice inspiration sources.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/11/3917COVID-19nutritiondietary patternsfeeding behavioursfood influencefood preferences |
| spellingShingle | Rajshri Roy Teresa Gontijo de Castro Jillian Haszard Victoria Egli Lisa Te Morenga Lauranna Teunissen Paulien Decorte Isabelle Cuykx Charlotte De Backer Sarah Gerritsen Who We Seek and What We Eat? Sources of Food Choice Inspirations and Their Associations with Adult Dietary Patterns before and during the COVID-19 Lockdown in New Zealand Nutrients COVID-19 nutrition dietary patterns feeding behaviours food influence food preferences |
| title | Who We Seek and What We Eat? Sources of Food Choice Inspirations and Their Associations with Adult Dietary Patterns before and during the COVID-19 Lockdown in New Zealand |
| title_full | Who We Seek and What We Eat? Sources of Food Choice Inspirations and Their Associations with Adult Dietary Patterns before and during the COVID-19 Lockdown in New Zealand |
| title_fullStr | Who We Seek and What We Eat? Sources of Food Choice Inspirations and Their Associations with Adult Dietary Patterns before and during the COVID-19 Lockdown in New Zealand |
| title_full_unstemmed | Who We Seek and What We Eat? Sources of Food Choice Inspirations and Their Associations with Adult Dietary Patterns before and during the COVID-19 Lockdown in New Zealand |
| title_short | Who We Seek and What We Eat? Sources of Food Choice Inspirations and Their Associations with Adult Dietary Patterns before and during the COVID-19 Lockdown in New Zealand |
| title_sort | who we seek and what we eat sources of food choice inspirations and their associations with adult dietary patterns before and during the covid 19 lockdown in new zealand |
| topic | COVID-19 nutrition dietary patterns feeding behaviours food influence food preferences |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/11/3917 |
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